Manby
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Guy Gibson Hall, Manby |
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Manby Manby shown within Lincolnshire | |
OS grid reference | TF398866 |
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- London | 125 mi (201 km) S |
District | East Lindsey |
Shire county | Lincolnshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LOUTH |
Postcode district | LN11 |
Dialling code | 01507 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | Louth and Horncastle |
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Manby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, and lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) east from Louth.[1] The 2001 Census recorded a village population of 833.
Manby contains a village post office. Other amenities, including a school, the Lancaster Inn public house (formerly the Manby Arms), two village shops, and an Italian restaurant, are in the conjoined village of Grimoldby, separated from Manby by the B1200 road.
Manby scout group, the 1st Manby, has existed for 60 years. It is one of only two scout groups in the area to include all scouting sections: Beavers, aged 6–8; Cubs, aged 8–10; Scouts, aged 11½–14; and Explorers, aged 14–18.[citation needed] The other is the 6th Skegness.
RAF Manby
RAF Manby was situated near the village between 1938 and 1974.[2] Houses in Manby were built for RAF personnel, with village streets named after aeroplanes. When the station closed the married quarter housing were sold in March 1987 to The Welbeck Estate Group and the airfield sold for commercial use. It is now a business park, with use as a showground, and for off-road driver training, fire protection and rescue, airsoft sports, and commercial storage businesses. The headquarters of East Lindsey District Council occupies one of the buildings on the site. A Chieftain tank sits at the entrance.
In 2008 East Lindsey District Council proposed that the site be a possible location for an eco-town of 5,000 homes; it appeared on a government shortlist of ten such sites. After protests from residents the council voted to withdraw the plan.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Parish council". Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ Manby Airfield (1402569). PastScape. English Heritage. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ "Council rejects eco town scheme". BBC News. 26 June 2008-. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ↑ "Eco-town 'would increase car use'". BBC News. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
External links
- Media related to Manby at Wikimedia Commons
- Read a detailed historic record about Manby Airfield
- Information on the disused RAF Manby air traffic control tower
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