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We have no further entries in our collection of 19th century descriptive gazetteers about Ashby Puerorum, but we do have this information about localities within the associated parish or parishes. You may be able to find further references to Ashby Puerorum in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | Holbeck | tract | Bartholomew | HOLBECK | a tract partly extra-parochial | Imperial | Stainsby | hamlet | Bartholomew | STAINSBY | a hamlet | Imperial |
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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashby Puerorum like this:
ASHBY-PUERORUM, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the Wolds, 4½ miles ENE of Horncastle r. station. It includes the hamlet of Stainsby and the tract of Holbeck, which is in some respects extra-parochial; and its Post Town is Hagworthingham under Spilsby. Acres, 1,620. Real property, £2,229. Pop., 149. Houses, 30. The property is divided among a few. An estate was bequeathed to the Lincoln chorister boys; and this is alluded to in the distinctive name Puerorum. A Roman sarcophagus or stone c...
hest, containing a strong, well-made, glass urn, was found, in 1804, near the church. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £118. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is a small antique structure, with a massive tower; and is in very good condition.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Ashby Puerorum by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Somersby | 0 | 2 |
| Hill | 0 | 2 |
| Holbeck | 0 | 2 |
| Greetham | 0 | 2 |
| Salmonby | 0 | 2 |
| Bag Enderby | 0 | 2 |
| Hagworthingham | 0 | 2 |
| Winceby | 0 | 2 |
| Scrafield | 0 | 2 |
| Fulletby | 0 | 2 |
| Tetford | 0 | 2 |
| Harrington | 0 | 2 |
| Lusby | 0 | 2 |
| Brinkhill | 0 | 2 |
| Asgarby | 0 | 2 |
| Aswardby | 0 | 2 |
| Hameringham | 0 | 2 |
| Worlaby | 0 | 1 |
| High Toynton | 0 | 2 |
| Low Toynton | 0 | 2 |