Bigby, Lincolnshire

Bigby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

[3] Bigby is recorded in the Domesday account as "Bechebi", with the Lord of the manor as William son of Nigel.

On the north side of the chancel is a large alabaster tomb to Sir Robert Tyrwhit of Kettleby hamlet, who died in 1581, and his wife.

[citation needed] The hamlet of Kettleby (sometimes spelled Kettelby) lies about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Bigby village.

[7] Kettleby Hall was reputedly a moated hunting lodge built in the reign of James I and later the chief seat of the Tyrwhitt family.