Sotby

Sotby

St Peters church, Sotby
Sotby

 Sotby shown within Lincolnshire
Population 62 
OS grid reference TF205788
District East Lindsey
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Market Rasen
Postcode district LN8 5
Dialling code 01507, some 01673
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament East Lindsey
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Sotby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated north east of the city of Lincoln between the towns of Horncastle and Market Rasen.[1]

The parish church is a grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Peter. It dates from the 12th century restored in 1857 by Michael Drury, and is built of greenstone, limestone and some red brick. There is a gravestone in the chancel floor to John Porter, rector, who died 1688.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Sotby". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=13645&st=SOTBY. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "St Peters church, Sotby". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1063066. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
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