Ashby Puerorum is a small village in the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Ashby with Scremby

Ashby with Scremby

Ashby with Scremby is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 147 . The parish includes the villages of Ashby by Partney and Scremby, along with Grebby....

, in the East Lindsey

East Lindsey

East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

 district of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England, situated to the west of Bag Enderby

Bag Enderby

Bag Enderby, a settlement in the civil parish of Greetham with Somersby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village lies just north of the A158 between Horncastle and Partney....

 and north of the A158

A158 road

The A158 road is a major tourist route that heads from Lincoln in the west to Skegness on the east coast. The road is located entirely in the county of Lincolnshire and is single carriageway for almost its entirety. The road is approximately long...

 between Partney

Partney

Partney is a small village, around 3 miles north of Spilsby in the Lincolnshire Wolds. This village was the birth place of Henry Stubbe, the noted seventeenth century thinker.-Transport links:...

 and Horncastle.

Bishop Oliver Sutton

Oliver Sutton

Oliver Sutton was a medieval Bishop of Lincoln, in England.Sutton was the nephew of Henry of Lexington, Bishop of Lincoln from 1253 to 1258. He was Dean of Lincoln before 30 June 1275....

 (1280–1299) was responsible for the re-naming of this village, coining the name Ashby Puerorum or "the Little Boys' Ashby". This came about after the bishop assigned the revenues of the vicarage of Ashby to the upkeep of the boys in the cathedral choir.

Ashby Puerorum Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Andrew. The church is chiefly Early English with Perpendicular windows and tower. There are brass effigies to Richard Lytleburye (d. 1521) and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1523).

External links

• "Ashby Puerorum", genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2011
• "Ashby Puerorum: Church History", genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2011