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Aby (Aby with Greenfield)

Census

• 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:
  
  

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Church History

• There was a Cistertian Nuns Priory here in Greenfield, founded in 1153 by Eudo de GREINSBY and Ralph de ABY.
  
  
• The church was constructed in the 13th century.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• In 1888 a pitch pine chapel was constructed on the original site, but all that remains today is the churchyard.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• The inhabitants of the parish attended services in Belleau, where the register was kept.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS 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, and the Primitive Methodists built their's in 1836. The Wesleyan Methodist chapel closed and is now the Village Hall. For more on researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• 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.
  
  

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Description and Travel

The parish is about 4 miles northwest of Alford. 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 visitor services.
  
  

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Maps

• 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.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• 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.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	122
1821	192
1831	204
1841	312
1871	450
1881	350
1891	315
1901	267
1911	253

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Schools

• 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.
  
  

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