Ashby Puerorum
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| Ashby Puerorum | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Church, Ashby Puerorum | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF327714 |
| Location: | 53°13’23"N, 0°-0’47"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Horncastle |
| Postcode: | LN9 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Ashby Puerorum is a small village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. The village is six miles north-west of from Partney, four miles east of Horncastle, to the north of the A158 road, and to the west of Bag Enderby.
Bishop Oliver Sutton (1280–1299) was responsible for the renaming of this village, coining the name Ashby Puerorum or "the Boys' Ashby". This came about after the bishop assigned the revenues of the vicarage of Ashby to the upkeep of the boys in the cathedral choir.
The parish church, St Andrew, is chiefly of Early English Gothic with Perpendicular Gothic windows and tower. There are brass effigies to Richard Lytleburye (d. 1521) and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1523).[1][2]
The church is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ashby Puerorum) |
- Information on Ashby Puerorum from GENUKI
- "Ashby Puerorum: Church History"
- Ashby [Puerorum] in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1147719: Church of St Andrew (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 48; Methuen & Co. Ltd