Asterby

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title: "Asterby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hamlets-in-lincolnshire", "civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "east-lindsey-district"] description: "Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/hamlets-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
static_image_name	St Peter's Church Asterby - geograph.org.uk - 44351.jpg
static_image_caption	St Peters Church, Asterby
country	England
official_name	Asterby
coordinates
population	159
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	East Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Louth and Horncastle
post_town	Louth
postcode_district	LN11
postcode_area	LN
os_grid_reference	TF264794
london_distance_mi	120
london_direction	S
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| static_image_name= St Peter's Church Asterby - geograph.org.uk - 44351.jpg | static_image_alt= | static_image_caption = St Peters Church, Asterby | country = England | official_name= Asterby | map_alt= | coordinates = | population= 159 | population_ref= (2011) | shire_district= East Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle | post_town= Louth | postcode_district = LN11 | postcode_area= LN | dial_code= | os_grid_reference= TF264794 | london_distance_mi = 120 | london_direction = S

Asterby is a hamlet between Goulceby and Scamblesby, west of Louth, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The civil parish of Asterby had a population of 103 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 159 (including Stenigot) at the 2011 census.

Asterby is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book with 18 households and 120 acre of meadow. Three human skeletons and a dagger were dug up in 1821 in a field near the church.

Asterby church, which was dedicated to St Peter, is no longer open to the public, having been sold into private ownership. The churchyard burial ground is open to the public, and is used for local burials. It dates from the 14th century, with alterations around 1900 by W. Mortimer and Son.

References

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
2. "Asterby". Anna Powell Smith/University of Hull.
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