Ashby Puerorum, Lincolnshire Family History Guide
Ashby Puerorum is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lincolnshire.
Other places in the parish include: Stainsby and Holbeck.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1653
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Fulletby
- Salmonby
- Winceby
- Somersby
- Greetham
- Hagworthingham
- Bag Enderby
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ASHBY-PUERORUM, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the Wolds, 4½ miles ENE of Horncastle r. station.
It includes the hamlet of Stainsby and the tract of Holbeck, which is in some respects extra-parochial; and its Post town is Hagworthingham under Spilsby. Acres, 1,620. Real property, £2,229. Pop., 149. Houses, 30. The property is divided among a few.
An estate was bequeathed to the Lincoln chorister boys; and this is alluded to in the distinctive name Puerorum. A Roman sarcophagus or stone chest, containing a strong, well-made, glass urn, was found, in 1804, near the church.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £118. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is a small antique structure, with a massive tower; and is in very good condition.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Lincolnshire
- Civil Registration District: Horncastle
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Hill
- Poor Law Union: Horncastle
- Hundred: Hill Hundred
- Province: Canterbury