Aswarby, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Aswarby, a parish in Lincolnshire. It is situated about 5 miles S of Sleaford, and has a station on the G.N.R., in the neighbouring parish of Scredington. Post town, Folkingham; money order and telegr aph office, Osbournby. The parish comprises 1625 acres; population, 142. The manor belonged formerly to the Harveys, and now is owned by the Whichcotes, whose seat is Aswarby House. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £297. The church is a good edifice of lofty nave, aisle, and chance], with fine tower and spire. Bass, the discoverer of Bass's Straits, was a native.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Aswarby St. Denis | |
Poor Law union | Sleaford | |
Wapentake | Aswardhurn |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1715.
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Aswarby:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1755-1765 | 1755-1911 |
Churches
Church of England
St. Denis (parish church)
The church of St. Denis is a building of stone in the Transitional, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel; nave, with embattled clerestory, north aisle, south porch and western tower, with pinnacles and spire, containing a clock and 3 bells: the south doorway and surrounding wall are the only portions of Transitional date and these probably occupy their original site: the nave and aisle are Decorated: the tower and spire are Perpendicular and the chancel and south porch are modern: the staircase leading to the rood loft still remains: the font, a Transitional work, is cylindrical, with four shafts standing round it, on a square base: in the chancel is a marble tablet to the Rev. Francis Hopes, a former rector, d. 1704: the church was restored about 1850 by Mr. Blore: there are 250 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Country Seats
Aswarby Park is a handsome mansion of stone, which has been enlarged and beautified, and stands in a well-wooded park; it was anciently a seat of the Carres, from whom it passed to Sir Francis, grandson of Sir Jeremy Whichcote, Solicitor-General to the Elector Palatine, who was created a baronet by Charles II. at Brussels in 1660. In the park is a circular mound and on its summit an oak tree, several centuries old.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Aswarby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Aswarby (St. Denis))
Maps
Online maps of Aswarby are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: