Description
Linby, a village and a parish in Notts. The village stands near the river Leen, 9 1/2 miles N by W of Nottingham, has stations on branches of the M.E. and G.N.E., and a post office under Nottingham; money order office, Hucknall Tor-kard; telegraph office at the railway station; and has likewise two ancient crosses, which were supposed to mark an entrance boundary of Sherwood Forest. The parish comprises 1488 acres; population, 310. There are limestone quarries. The church is a small building in the Early English style, has a tower, and contains monuments of the Chaworths and some stained windows.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
