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ABY, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; 1 mile W of Claythorpe r. station, and 3 NW of Alford. Post town, Alford. Acres, 1,440. Real property, £2,018. Pop., 407. Houses, 87. The hamlet of Greenfield is included. The living is a vicarage, united to the rectory of Bellean, in the diocese of Lincoln. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and remains of a Cistertian nunnery founded about the year 1150.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Aby With Greenfield Parish Louth Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Aby |
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