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Dowsby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the western edge of The Fens at the junction of the east-west B1397 road and the north-south B1177. It is north-east from Rippingale and just south of Pointon. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Graby. Nearby to the east, along the B1397 at Dowsby Fen, is Car Dyke.〔("Car Dyke, Dowsby Fen, Lincs" ), Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2011〕 ==History== The name Dowsby is from the Old Scandinavian 'Dusi+by', for "farmstead of Dusi", appearing in the ''Domesday Book as "Dusebi". Hoe Hills () was a group of round barrows dating back to the Bronze Age where Roman and Medieval finds have been made. St Andrew's Church, originating from the 12th century,〔 was mostly rebuilt and enlarged in 1864, although Norman fragments remain as part of the fabric. A recumbent effigy of Etheldreda Rigdon, and six brasses to the Burrell family from 1682 lie in the vestry. Built into the outer wall of the south aisle are parts of a Saxon cross.〔Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 118; Methuen & Co. Ltd〕 On the edge of the fen was a decoy used to trap ducks commercially in the 19th century. These would almost certainly have been shipped for sale by railway, probably from Rippingale railway station which was approximately a mile from the decoy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dowsby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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