Aylesby
| Aylesby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Lawrence, Aylesby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA203076 |
| Location: | 53°33’6"N, 0°11’6"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 155 |
| Post town: | Grimsby |
| Postcode: | DN37 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North East Lincolnshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Cleethorpes |
Aylesby is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is found near the A18 road, approximately four miles west of Cleethorpes and north of Laceby. The population at the 2011 census was 155.
History
The village's name in the Domesday Book of 1086 is Alesbi, which appears to be the Old Norse for 'Farmstead or village of a man called Áli’.[1] Aylesby has three entries in the Domesday Book and comprised 36 households with a tax assessment of 3.7 geld units.[2]
A Post mill in Aylesby was operated by the Cistercians of Meaux Abbey (in the East Riding of Yorkshire) during the Middle Ages. Around 1300, the Cistercians gave the mill to the Austin Canons of Wellow Abbey, Grimsby.[3]
In the east of the village are six Grade II* listed almshouses, built in 1925, in memory of F.W. McAulay who was killed during the First World War at Fonquervillers, France, on 21 May 1916.[4][5]
St Lawrence's Church
The parish church in Aylesby is the Church of St Lawrence. It is a Grade I listed building.[6]
The church has a chancel in the Decorative Gothic style and tower in Perpendicular Gothic. Its arcades to the nave, with circular bench tables around the piers, and font, are Early English style.
Simon de Luda was appointed rector in 1278 and, after his death, in early 1306, he was buried near the south door of the church.[7] In the pavement of the church is a slab to rector John Martin (d. 1352).[8]
The pews were hand crafted in 1759 by James Harrison of Middle Rasen, brother of clockmaker John Harrison.
Agriculture
From the mid-1700s, the manor farm was known for its English Leicester sheep. In 1848, the farm was purchased by William Torr and, under his management, 'the Aylesby flocks and herds were sent to all parts of the United Kingdom and to the continent, the colonies, and even Japan'.[9]
The village lies in a small vale. At each side of Aylesby are two farms: one to the east on the road to Great Coates, the other to the west on Nooking Lane; both farms cover the countryside surrounding the village. Towards the east fields give way to the fishing port of Grimsby; towards the west arable land rises to the [[Lincolnshire Wolds].
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Aylesby) |
- Aylesby in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Aylesby in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Kealey, Edward J. (January 1987). Harvesting the Air: Windmill Pioneers in Twelfth-century England. University of California Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-520-05680-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=MpnWLvIGFjQC&pg=PA230.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1161705: F.W. McAulay Cottages (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1964; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09620-0pages 111–112
- ↑ National Heritage List 1161566: Church of St Lawrence (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Hoskin, Philippa M.; Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence; Dobson, Richard Barrie (1 January 2005). The Foundations of Mediæval English Ecclesiastical History: Studies Presented to David Smith. Boydell Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-84383-169-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZhXX_5BQ_IC&pg=PA62.
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 50; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=encyclopaedia }} (subscription or UK public library membership required)
