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Aswardby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Aswardby,  a parish in Lincolnshire, on the river Steeping, 4 miles NW of Spilsby railway station. Post town, Spilsby, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 744; population, 89. The living is a rectory, with which the rectory of Sansthorpe was consolidated in 1882, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint gross yearly value, £454. The church is a small building of brick and stone consisting of nave only. There is also a Wesleyan chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishAswardby St. Helen 
HundredHill 
Poor Law unionSpilsby 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Aswardby:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1760-18121754-17541789-18361759-1811

Churches

Church of England

St. Helen (parish church)

The church of St. Helen is a small edifice of stone and brick, consisting of nave and a western turret containing one bell; it was repaired and decorated in 1884 at the cost of the patron, and has 50 sittings.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Aswardby from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Aswardby are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictEast Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE23
Post TownSpilsby

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