Aslackby

Description and Travel

This village and parish lies 7 miles north of Bourne and south of Sleaford on the A15 trunk road. Kirkby Underwood parish lies to the south and Folkingham is 2.5 miles to the north. Rippingale parish lies to the southeast. The parish used to include the hamlets of West Graby (or Grayby) & Millthorpe (or Milnthorpe) and covers over 3,900 acres of land.

A small creek runs past the south side of the village, eventually joining the River Glen near Bourne. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the village is just north of Bourne off of the A15 trunk road.
  
  
• Our touring page for area resources.
  
  

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Census

• Aslackby lies in the Aslackby sub-district of the Bourne Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. James the Great.
  
  
• Here is a photograph St. James Church supplied by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish registers exist from 1558.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several indexes for the Aveland and Ness Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chapel built in 1863. The Baptists built theirs in 1872. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Aslackby sub-district of the Bourne Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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History

• The parish once had a castle, now long gone, and once was home to the Knights Templar.
  
  
• The "Robin Hood" pub is an ancient inn, long a stop for travellers on the old Roman Road.
  
  
• Also near the village is an ancient entrenchment called Aveland, for which the wapentake is reputedly named. Here the Thane kept court in Saxon and Danish times.
  
  

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Manors

• Aslackby Manor House was the residence of Anthony DALE during the period from 1850 to 1870.
  
  

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Maps

• Use the Multimap of Aslackby to navigate.
  
  
• The village is at National Grid Reference TF 0830.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village name is rendered as Aslachebi, from the Old Scandinavian Aslakr+by meaning "village of a man called Aslakr".
  [A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
  
  
• Locals pronounce the name of the village as Azelby or Aiselbee.
  
  
• Others pronounce the name of the village as As ulk bee.
  
  
• Anne Cole reports finding the name of the village as Asleby on a marriage bond.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Aveland Wapentake in the South Kesteven district in the parts of Kesteven.
  
  
• For today's local governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
  
  
• The parish was abolished in 1936 as part of a government re-organisation.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became a member of the Bourne Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The children of the parish went to a school built here in 1850. In 1911, about 50 children attended the school.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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