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Hagnaby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of East Kirkby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is south-west from Spilsby. In 1961 the parish had a population of 18. On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with East Kirkby.
Hagnaby is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Hagenebi", with 23 households. In 1086 the Lord of the Manor was Ivo Taillebois.
The church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, is a Grade II listed building dating from the late 18th century with 1881 and 1903 alterations, and consists of render over red brick.
A 19th-century mansion house assumed the name "Hagnaby Priory" although there is no historical record of any priory in the vicinity. In 1964 Nikolaus Pevsner stated that remains of a large 1835 Tudor and Gothic style house (Hagnaby Priory) by Charles Kirk existed as part of a current office wing.Nikolaus Pevsner; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 261; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. "Hagnaby Priory" , Lost Country Houses. Retrieved 17 August 2011
In 1885 Kelly's Directory recorded a parish of , with agricultural production of wheat, oats, barley and beans. Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 463
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