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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Aunsby

Census

• The parish was in the Sleaford sub-district of the Sleaford 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

• Aunsby's Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury (St. Thomas a Beckett).
  
  
• The church was thoroughly rstored in 1861.
  
  
• The church seats about 140.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire Archives has "Aunsby Parish: papers, including records relating to rebuilding of the rectory, 1856, and restoration of the parish church, 1860-63 (Acc no 94/065.00)".
  
  
• A photograph of Saint Thomas Church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Here is a photograph St. Thomas a Beckett's Church supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  
  

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Church Records

• Aunsby's parish registers exist from 1681, but Bishop's Transcripts exist from 1561.
  
  
• We have the beginning of a parish register extract in a text file. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms from 1686 to 1812 and Marriages from 1686 to 1809.
  
  
• George E. Cokayne's book, "Lincolnshire Parish Registers and Monumental Inscriptions, ca. 1500-1837", vol. 2, has some parish register entries back to 1544. The book has been microfilmed as is available through Family History Centres.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several indexes for the Lafford Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Sleaford Sub-District of the Sleaford 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

Aunsby is a both a parish and a village of the same name which lies about 9 miles east of Grantham and 5 miles south of Sleaford. Dembleby parish lies to the south and Aswarby parish to the east. The parish covers about 1,200 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• The village lies about a mile west of the A15 trunk road and about a mile north off of the A52 where the two roads cross south of Sleaford.
  
  
• Check out our touring page for resources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 0438.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #248 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name derives from the Old Scandinavian Authunn+by or "farmstead of a man called Authunn," and is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as Ounesbi and in 1281 as Outhenby.
  [A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Aswardhurn Wapentake in the North Kesteven district in the parts of Kesteven.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the North Kesteven District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Sleaford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1860. It could hold 43 children.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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