Navenby, Lincolnshire

Description
Navenby, a small town and a parish in Lincolnshire. The town stands near Ermine Street, 2 1/2 miles E of the river Brant, and 9 S of Lincoln, has a station on the Lincoln and Grantham branch of the G.N.R.; was formerly a market-town with an ancient cross, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Lincoln, and a statute fair for servants in May, and a fair principally for swine on 17 Oct. It formerly had also a pleasure fair on the Thursday before Easter, but this has been discontinued. The parish comprises 2110 acres; population, 803. The area extends to the river Brant, and is diversified by the South Cliff Hills, which command an extensive view. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £564 with residence. Patron, Christ's College, Cambridge. The church is a large and handsome building of stone in the Transitional, Early English, and Early and Late Decorated styles. It consists of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and a western tower. It has a beautiful six-light E window and a finely-carved Easter sepulchre. It was partly restored in 1859-60 and again in 1875-76. There is a Wesleyan chapel. The town estate produces about £115 a year, which is devoted to charitable and educational uses.