Aby ( ) is a village in the
East Lindsey
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district of
Lincolnshire
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, England. It is approximately east from the city and
county town
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of
Lincoln
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and south-east from
Louth Louth may refer to:
Australia
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Canada
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. Aby is part of the
civil parish
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of
Aby with Greenfield .
History
The village's name is of
Old Norse
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origin, and means "village on a river" (Old Norse ''á'', river, and ''býr'', village). The villages of
Åby in Sweden and
Aaby in Denmark have names of identical origin and meaning.
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. Before the railway line was closed, the village had the distinction of the shortest signal box name on the British network.
The
Wesleyan Methodists The Wesleyan Church is a Methodist Christian denomination aligned with the holiness movement.
Wesleyan Church may also refer to:
* Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia, the Australian branch of the Wesleyan Church
Denominations
* Allegheny We ...
built a red brick chapel in Aby in 1895. It later closed and is now the Village Hall.
Aby's
public house
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is The Railway Tavern.
There are no schools in the village; the Aby
CofE Primary School, which opened in 1852
was closed in 2009.
There are seven schools in surrounding Withern, Alford,
Well
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,
Willoughby, and Stewton.
Landmarks
Five miles south of Aby in
Alford, there is the
Alford Manor House Museum. The Claythorpe
Watermill
A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of ...
and
Wildfowl
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Gardens are in Claythorpe, less than a mile away. Church Farm Museum is located in nearby
Skegness
Skegness ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is east of Lincoln and north-east of Boston. With a population of 19,579 as of 2011, i ...
. Bolingbroke Castle is also nearby in
Old Bolingbroke.
References
External links
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Villages in Lincolnshire
East Lindsey District