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Ashby-with-Fenby, par., N. Lincolnshire, 6½ miles SW. of Great Grimsby, 1,675 ac., pop. 264.
From: John BARTHOLOMEW's "Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)"
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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.
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The Grimsby Library is an excellent resource with both a Local History section and a Family History section.
- The parish was in the 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 was repaired again in 1959.
- 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. Find out more at our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the 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 southwest 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.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Ashby cum Fenby to another place.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA255006 (Lat/Lon: 53.487155, -0.110013), Ashby cum Fenby which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- 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 on the wooden panel to the left of the church organ, see the Roll of Honour site.
There is a plaque on the south wall of the church, near the door, that is inscribed:
"TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM WRIGHT,
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE,
APRIL 16 1916.
AGED 19 YEARS."
- 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]
The parish publishes periodic newsletters in Portable Document Format on the village website.
- 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.
- For today's district governance, see the North East Lincolnshire Council website with similar restrictions.
- 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. These have recently been rebuilt as four residences for the elderly with modern fixtures and appliances.
- 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 was part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
- In 1890, this parish was transferred to the new Grimsby Poor Law Union.
- The children of the parish attended school at East Ravendale parish.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.