Aby (Aby with Greenfield)
- The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 626 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2111 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2379 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3398 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2606 |
- There was a Cistertian Nuns' Priory here in Greenfield, founded in 1153 by Eudo de GREINSBY and Ralph de ABY. It was only a farm house in 1930.
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to All Saints.
- The church was constructed in the 13th century.
- The church was in ruins in the early 1600s and was dismantled in 1660 by Sir Henry VANE, but the churchyard continued in use for burials.
- It was the custom, until 1830, to hold an annual church service in the churchyard.
- In 1888 a pitch pine chapel was constructed on the original site, but all that remains today is the churchyard. A small iron mortuary chapel was build on the former church foundation to handle burials.
- The inhabitants of the parish attended services in Belleau, where the register was kept.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1895, but the photo below tells us that the chapel dates from 1885. The Wesleyan Methodist chapel closed and is now a private residence.
- Chris has a photograph of the Former Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2013.
- The Primitive Methodists built their chapel in 1836. For more on researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Withern sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
The parish is about 4 miles north-west of Alford and 11 miles south of Louth. Greenfield is a hamlet in the parish, and it lies closer to Alford. The parish covers about 1,400 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, one can take the A16 south out of Louth, Aby lies 2 miles north and east of South Thoresby.
- The nearby railway station, in Claythorpe, closed in 1961.
- See our touring page for more sources.
- Richard CROFT has photographed the disused railway bridge page near Aby.
- The Railway tavern on the west side of the village provided a place to catch up on local news.
- Individuals' names associated with the Inn in various directories are:
| Year |
Person |
| 1868 |
George TURNER, butcher |
| 1872 |
Geo. TURNER, vict. |
| 1882 |
Thomas FOUNTAIN, vict. |
| 1900 |
Thomas FOUNTAIN, vict. |
| 1913 |
Edward CRAWFORD |
| 1930 |
Edward CRAWFORD |
Thomas FOUNTAIN was born in West Barkwith, LIN, circa 1851.
- The national grid reference is TF 4178.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
122 |
| 1821 |
192 |
| 1831 |
204 |
| 1841 |
312 |
| 1871 |
450 |
| 1881 |
350 |
| 1891 |
315 |
| 1901 |
267 |
| 1911 |
253 |
- A National and Infant School was built here in 1852. The school was enlarged in 1862.
- Aby School was on School Lane. This school closed in 2009.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 15-March-2015
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