Aby ( ) is a village in the

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district of

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, England. It is approximately east from the city and

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and south-east from

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. Aby is part of the

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Aby with Greenfield Aby with Greenfield is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census was 196. It consists of the villages of Aby, Lincolnshire, Aby and Gree ...

History

The village's name is of

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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. The Great Eau flows through the village. Aby was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Its lands were owned by Odo who was Bishop of Bayeux and half-brother of William the Conqueror, and Earl Hugh. It had available 27 acres of woodland for the feeding of swine. Swinn Wood still exists today and is a nature reserve. Old Gatehouse - geograph

Aby's 13th-century

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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 Claythorpe is a hamlet about north-west from the town of Alford, Lincolnshire, England, most notable for its water mill. The population is now included in the civil parish of Authorpe. Claythorpe Mill was for a time a restaurant but is now a ...

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

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built a red brick chapel in Aby in 1895. It later closed and is now a private residence. Aby's

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is The Railway Tavern. Aby Church of England Primary School

There are no schools in the village; the Aby

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Primary School, which opened in 1852 was closed in 2009. There are schools in nearby Withern, Alford and Willoughby.

Landmarks

Five miles south of Aby in Alford, Lincolnshire, Alford, there is the Alford Manor House, 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 Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, Old Bolingbroke.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aby Villages in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District