Aby with Greenfield is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 196.[1] It consists of the villages of Aby and Greenfield.[2] The parish is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-east from Louth.

Greenfield

Greenfield was a hamlet[3] and chapelry, with a church dedicated to Saint Mary. According to a field investigator's report from 1964: "There are no surface indications of desertion - other than the Priory - nor is there local knowledge or tradition of a village and church".[4]

Greenfield Priory was a Cistercian nunnery founded before 1153 and suppressed in 1536.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Aby with Greenfield". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Aby". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Greenfield (355559)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Greenfield Priory (355526)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 3 August 2011.

53°17′N 0°08′E / 53.28°N 0.13°E / 53.28; 0.13


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