Westby, Lincolnshire

{{Short description|Civil parish in Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

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

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name= Westby

| map_alt=

| coordinates = {{coord|52.843505|-0.556855|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish= Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe

| shire_district= South Kesteven

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

| post_town= Grantham

| postcode_district = NG33

| postcode_area= NG

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= SK972283

| london_distance_mi= 95

| london_direction= SSE

}}

Westby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|6|mi|km}} south-east from the town of Grantham.

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Westby is considered a shrunken medieval village{{PastScape|mname=Westby SMV|mnumber=325429|accessdate=22 August 2011}} and at the time of Domesday Book of 1086 it consisted of eleven households.{{cite web|title=Westby|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SK9728/westby/|work=Domesday Map|publisher=Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull|accessdate=22 August 2011}}

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