Aby, Lincolnshire

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Aby
Aby is located in Lincolnshire
Aby
Aby
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF413783
• London120 mi (190 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
  • Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county
  • Lincolnshire
Region
  • East Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAlford
Postcode districtLN13
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
  • Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°16′59″N 0°07′05″E / 53.283044°N 0.118016°E / 53.283044; 0.118016Coordinates: 53°16′59″N 0°07′05″E / 53.283044°N 0.118016°E / 53.283044; 0.118016

Aby (/ˈeɪbiː/ AY-bee) is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately 30 miles (48 km) east from the city and county town of Lincoln and 8 miles (13 km) south-east from Louth. Aby is part of the civil parish of Aby with Greenfield .

History[]

The village's name is of Old Norse origin, and means "village on a river" (Old Norse á, river, and býr, village). The villages of Åby in Sweden and Aaby in Denmark have names of identical origin and meaning.

Old Gatehouse

Aby's 13th-century All Saints Church fell into disrepair and was demolished by Sir Henry Vane in 1660. The stone was removed to Belleau for use on the Manor House. In 1888 a pitch pine chapel was erected on the original site, but all that remains today is the churchyard.[1]

Aby railway station opened in neighbouring Claythorpe in 1848, and closed in 1961.[2] Before the railway line was closed, the village had the distinction of the shortest signal box name on the British network.

The Wesleyan Methodists built a red brick chapel in Aby in 1895. It later closed[3] and is now the Village Hall.[1]

Aby's public house is The Railway Tavern.[1]

There are no schools in the village; the Aby CofE Primary School, which opened in 1852[1] was closed in 2009.[4] There are seven schools in surrounding Withern, Alford, Well, Willoughby, and Stewton.

Landmarks[]

Five miles south of Aby in Alford, there is the Alford Manor House Museum. The Claythorpe Watermill and Wildfowl Gardens are in Claythorpe, less than a mile away. Church Farm Museum is located in nearby Skegness. Bolingbroke Castle is also nearby in Old Bolingbroke.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Village Life". Lincolnshire County Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Aby Station (506735)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1372776)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  4. ^ "GENUKI: Aby". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

External links[]

Media related to Aby at Wikimedia Commons

  • Aby in the Domesday Book
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