Wickenby
Sign in to saveWickenby is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south-west from the town of Market Rasen.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Peter and St Lawrence, Wickenby - geograph.org.uk - 105816.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Peter and St Lawrence, Wickenby
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Wickenby
- UK place.population
- 217
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001)
- UK place.shire_district
- West Lindsey
- UK place.shire_county
- Lincolnshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
- UK place.post_town
- Lincoln
- UK place.postcode_district
- LN3
- UK place.postcode_area
- LN
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TF087819
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 130
- UK place.london_direction
- S
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Wickenby is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south-west from the town of Market Rasen.
The name 'Wickenby' derives from the Old Norse víkinga-býr meaning 'farm/settlement of Vikingr' or 'farm/settlement of the Vikings'.