Asterby, Lincolnshire Family History Guide

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Asterby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lincolnshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1686
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

  • Goulceby
  • Hemingby
  • Scamblesby
  • Stenigot
  • Calkwell

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASTERBY, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the Wolds, near the river Bain, 6 miles N by E of Horncastle r. station. Post town, Scamblesby under Horncastle.

Acres, 620. Real property, £1,838. Pop., 304. Houses, 68. The property is not much divided. Asterby Hall is the seat of T. Southwell, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £210. Patron, W. H. Trafford, Esq. The church is ancient.

There are a Baptist chapel, and charities £13.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lincolnshire, Asterby – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Asterby, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Lincolnshire, Asterby – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Asterby, 1561-1843
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Asterby (Lincolnshire)

Church records, 1702-1862
Author:    Baptist Church (Asterby and Donnington, Lincolnshire)

Parish registers for Asterby, 1682-1976
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Asterby (Lincolnshire)

England, Lincolnshire, Asterby – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Asterby, Lincoln, England

Parish register printouts of Asterby, Lincoln, England, christenings, 1561-1757
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Lincolnshire, Asterby – History ( 1 )
A history of the villages of Asterby and Goulceby
Author:    Williams, Brian

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: Pre-1866 – Gartree (Lincoln), Post-1865 – Horncastle
  • Poor Law Union: Horncastle
  • Hundred: Gartree (Lincolnshire)
  • Province: Canterbury