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Beck House on Beck Street is a Grade II listed stone farmhouse dating back several hundred years. There are also examples of 18th- and 19th-century buildings, now private dwellings, including Digby Manor House, a listed building situated on North Street almost opposite a new housing development,
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although the top section of the pillar and cross appear to have been renewed, probably during the Victorian period. In the 1930s the churchyard was said to be haunted The church spire was struck by lightning in August 1907 leading to repairs costing £80.
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railway station is 3 miles (5 km) to the south, on the Sleaford to Lincoln line. Approximately 15 miles (24 km) south-west from Digby is
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During 2009 the Village Hall frontage underwent extensive re-development and now provides seating and new gardens.
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Digby Church of England Primary School and Dunston St Peter's Church of England Primary School
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The Digby Diary : a History of RAF Digby in Lincolnshire, 1917-1953
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Digby Fighter Station, with the Operations Room and billets at nearby
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Props on Her Sleeve: The Wartime Letters of a Canadian Airwoman
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in the centre of the village which is Grade II listed, and a
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manage Digby Corner as a wildlife sanctuary. In June 2007
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Digby is located in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
OS grid reference
TF078546
London
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District
North Kesteven
Shire county
Lincolnshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Lincoln
Postcode district
LN4
Police
Lincolnshire
Fire
Lincolnshire
Ambulance
East Midlands
UK Parliament
Sleaford and North Hykeham
UK
England

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