Ashby Puerorum

Ashby Puerorum
Ashby Puerorum
	St Andrew's Church, Ashby Puerorum
	Ashby Puerorum Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF327714
• London	115 mi (185 km) S
Civil parish	Greetham with Somersby;
District	East Lindsey;
Shire county	Lincolnshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Horncastle
Postcode district	LN9
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle;
	List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°13′23″N 0°00′47″W / 53.223°N 0.013°W

Ashby Puerorum is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Greetham with Somersby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village situated 6 miles (10 km) north-west from Partney, 4 miles (6 km) east from Horncastle, to the north of the A158 road, and to the west of Bag Enderby. In 1931 the parish had a population of 97.^[1] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Somersby.^[2]

Bishop Oliver Sutton (1280–1299) was responsible for the renaming of this village, coining the name Ashby Puerorum or "the Little 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.^{[citation needed]}

Ashby Puerorum Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Andrew.^[3] The church is chiefly Early English with Perpendicular windows and tower. There are brass effigies to Richard Lytleburye (d. 1521) and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1523).^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Population statistics Ashby Puerorum CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Ashby Puerorum CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b Historic England. "Church of St Andrew (1147719)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 48; Methuen & Co. Ltd

External links

Media related to Ashby Puerorum at Wikimedia Commons
Ashby Puerorum: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
"Ashby Puerorum: Church History", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2011
Ashby [Puerorum] in the Domesday Book

[1] "Population statistics Ashby Puerorum CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[2] "Relationships and changes Ashby Puerorum CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[NHLE-3] Historic England. "Church of St Andrew (1147719)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

[Cox-4] Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 48; Methuen & Co. Ltd

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