Aby
| Aby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF413783 |
| Location: | 53°16’59"N, -0°7’5"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Alford |
| Postcode: | LN13 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Aby is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is approximately thirty miles east of the county town, the City of Lincoln, and eight miles south-east of Louth.
The village's name is of Old Norse origin, and means "village on a river", from the Old Norse á, river, and býr, village).
History
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.
Aby railway station opened in neighbouring Claythorpe in 1848, and closed in 1961.[1] 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[2] and is now the Village Hall.
Aby's public house is The Railway Tavern.
Sights about the village
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.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Aby) |
- Aby in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 506735 – Aby Station
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 1372776 – Wesleyan Methodist Chapel