Markby

Markby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) north-east from Alford . The Anglican church of St Peter's is one of England's rare thatched churches, and the only one in Lincolnshire. Its interior fittings and structural beams were perhaps made locally. The font is from an older church on the same site, with box pews and pulpit from the 19th century. The church bell might be the earlier Priory refectory bell. Originally the church was tile-roofed, this replaced by thatch in 1672. Within the church is Norman decoration. Before the 16th-century Dissolution of the Monasteries local worshipers used the priory church, and after the Dissolution, other parts of the priory by permission. A further corrugated i

Markby

Markby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) north-east from Alford . The Anglican church of St Peter's is one of England's rare thatched churches, and the only one in Lincolnshire. Its interior fittings and structural beams were perhaps made locally. The font is from an older church on the same site, with box pews and pulpit from the 19th century. The church bell might be the earlier Priory refectory bell. Originally the church was tile-roofed, this replaced by thatch in 1672. Within the church is Norman decoration. Before the 16th-century Dissolution of the Monasteries local worshipers used the priory church, and after the Dissolution, other parts of the priory by permission. A further corrugated i