Ashby cum Fenby
Note: There are several Ashby villages, both in Lincolnshire and other counties. Please make sure that you are searching in the correct one for your relatives.
- The parish was in the Great Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- In 1890, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby 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 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2390 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3416 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2620 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- The church is a small but ancient stone structure with some sections dating to the Norman period.
- The church was thoroughly repaired in 1845.
- The church tower was repaired in 1886.
- The church tower was restored in 1959.
- The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- The church seats 150.
- There is a photograph of Saint Peter's church on the Wendy PARKINSON web site under "Yet More Lincolnshire".
- David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of St. Peter's church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2004.
- Here is a photograph St. Peter's Church supplied by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1723. The former register was destroyed.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1912 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the rural deanery of South Grimsby.
- The Wesleyan Methodist's had a chapel built here in 1836 and rebuilt in 1904. Find out more at our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Great Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- In 1890, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This is a pair of villages and a parish which covers almost 1,700 acres. It lies 154 miles north of London, 3.5 miles south-west of Holton-le-Clay and 6 miles south of Grimsby.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the B1203 secondary road south out of Grimsby for about 5 miles.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The national grid reference is TA 2500.
- 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.
- David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of the War Memorial inside the church, behind the altar, on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2004.
For a photograph of the Ashby War Memorial and the name on the wooden plaque, see the Roll of Honour site.
- Ashby is quite a common village name in the Lincolnshire area. The origin of the name is probably Old Scandinavian Aski+by, for "Aski's farmstead", but it could also derive from the words for "farmstead where ash trees grow".
[A. D. MILLS, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- 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 Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey division of the county. The 1913 edition does the same.
- The parish is politically a part of the Waltham Ward of North East Lincolnshire.
- You can contact the Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they are NOT staffed to assist with family history searches.
- District governance is provided by the North-East Lincolnshire Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Grimsby petty session hearings.
- Around 1630, Lady Francis WRAY built almshouses here for six poor men or women.
- In 1641, Sir Christopher WRAY, son of Lady Francis, endowed the almshouses with the yearly rental from property of £30.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
- In 1890, this parish was transferred to the new Grimsby Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
132 |
| 1811 |
154 |
| 1831 |
179 |
| 1841 |
211 |
| 1871 |
296 |
| 1881 |
264 |
| 1891 |
227 |
| 1911 |
188 |
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