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St Margaret's Church |
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Laceby
Laceby shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 2,886 |
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| OS grid reference | TA279087 |
| Unitary authority | North East Lincolnshire |
| Ceremonial county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRIMSBY |
| Postcode district | DN37 |
| Dialling code | 01472 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Cleethorpes |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Laceby is a village in North East Lincolnshire, England, located on the A46 road just outside the western boundary of Grimsby. The main feature of the village is the 15th century Anglican parish church.
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Laceby is also a surname of individuals stemming from England and now located all over the world. Laceby is home to the newly re-opened Laceby Armspub.
Its population at the 2001 census was 2,886. A Morrisons supermarket lies within the Laceby parish. The A18 used to go through the village. The Grimsby Institute has its Laceby Manor Golf Club to the south of the village. Close to the southwest is Irby upon Humber, which is nowhere near the River Humber.
Laceby's only pub is the Laceby Arms, originally two separate establishments known as the Waterloo Inn and the Nags Head Inn which were noted in the Guinness Book of Records at one time as the two closest pubs in England. They were joined into one establishment in 1990. After a period of closure the Laceby Arms re-opened on 22 March 2009 after a new landlord bought the premises.
The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Margaret of Antioch and is built from Ancaster stone. The church dates back to at least as early as 1172, some time in the late Norman period when Walter, priest of Laceby, the earliest recorded minister was inducted into the living. The church seats about 300 people. In 1583, a former rector of this church, John Whitgift, who had become Bishop of Worcester, was appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury by Queen Elizabeth I. He had been born in nearby Grimsby in 1530. The church was restored in 1870 by James Fowler, architect of Louth.