Miningsby

{{Short description|Village in Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= Cattle at Manor Farm, Miningsby - geograph.org.uk - 554969.jpg

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| static_image_caption= Cattle at Manor Farm, Miningsby

| country = England

| official_name= Miningsby

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| coordinates = {{coord|53.157666|-0.023854|display=inline,title}}

| population=

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| civil_parish = Revesby

| shire_district= East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle

| post_town= Boston

| postcode_district = PE22

| postcode_area= PE

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| os_grid_reference= TF322641

| london_distance_mi= 115

| london_direction= S

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Miningsby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Revesby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about {{Convert|6|mi|km|0}} south-east from the town of Horncastle and 6 miles west-southwest from the town of Spilsby. In 1961 the parish had a population of 55.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10435845/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Miningsby CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=7 September 2023}} On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Revesby.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/horncastle.html|title=Horncastle Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=7 September 2023}}

Miningsby lies at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The village is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book with 48 households, which for the time was considered very large. The Lord of the Manor was Ivo Tallboys.{{cite web|title=Domesday Map|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF3264/Miningsby/|work=Miningsby|publisher=Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull|accessdate=13 June 2011}}

Miningsby church was dedicated to St Andrew, but was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln on 22 October 1975 and demolished on 14 November 1979, although the churchyard has been retained.{{cite web|title=Miningsby|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Miningsby/|publisher=Genuki.org.uk|accessdate=13 June 2011}}

An Anglo-Saxon knotwork stone, which had formerly been in St Andrew's chancel, is now in the City and County Museum, Lincoln.{{cite web|title=Anglo-Saxon fragment, St Andrews Church|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/ANGLO-SAXON-SCULPTURAL-GRAVE-SLAB-FRAGMENT--ST-ANDREW-S-CHURCH/230516.record?pt=S|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|accessdate=13 June 2011}}