In the
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72)
John Marius Wilson described Linby: The local parish church is dedicated to
St. Michael and is a
Grade II* listed building. Containing a number of features which date to the 13th century, the church has been extended several times, including restorations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There are two crosses in the village. The "Top Cross", a Grade II listed structure, is dated to the 14th century and was restored in the late 19th century. The "Bottom Cross" is inscribed with the date 1663, which was at the time of King
Charles II and the restoration. Linby won Nottinghamshire's "best kept village" award in 2013.
Transport The Linby Trail is a 2 km stretch of the
National Cycle Route starting at the village and finishing at nearby
Newstead Village. Three railway lines once passed through Linby, with
stations on two of them. The first was the
Midland Railway (later part of the
LMS) line from
Nottingham to
Mansfield and
Worksop, closed to passengers on 12 October 1964 though partly retained as a freight route serving
collieries at
Annesley. In the 1990s this line was reopened to passengers in stages, the section through Linby in 1993, but Linby station did not reopen with it. The second line was the
Great Northern Railway (later part of the
LNER) route serving many of the same places as the Midland. It closed to passengers on 14 September 1931 but remained in use for freight until 25 March 1968. The Linby station on this line had closed long before, on 1 July 1916. The third line was the
Great Central Railway (also later part of the LNER), the last main line ever built from the north of England to London, opened on 15 March 1899. The stretch through Linby (which crossed over both the other lines), closed completely on 5 September 1966. ==Governance==