In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Ashby like this:
ASHBY (West), a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 2 miles N by E of Horncastle r. station. It contains the hamlets of Farthorpe and Middlethorpe; and its Post Town is Horncastle. Acres, 1,590. Real property, £4,853. Pop., 526. Houses, 118. Ashby-Thorpe House is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £54. Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is later English. There are two Methodist chapels and some charities.
West Ashby through time
West Ashby is now part of East Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Ashby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Ashby, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11411
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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