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The Parliamentary Gazetteer’s Summary of Aslackby, 1843.


Aslackby, a parish in Aveland wapentake, parts of Kesteven, union of Bourne, Lincolnshire ; 2½ miles north from Folkingham ; on the post-road to Sleaford ; containing the hamlets of Graby and Milthorpe. Living, a vicarage in the archd. and dio. of Lincoln ; rated at £12 10s. 7½d. ; gross income £466. Patron, in 1835, the Rev. F. Barstow. The great and small tithes of Aslackby and Dowsby, the property of the clerical rectors, lay-impropriators and vicar, were commuted in 1765. There are two daily schools in the parish. Tanner says:- “There seems to have been a preceptory or commandery of the Templars at the manor here, founded by John le Mareschal about the time of King Richard I., which was afterwards given to the hospitallers, and, as part of their possessions, was granted, 33° Henry VIII., to Edward, Lord Clinton, and Ursula his wife.” A farm-house now stands on the site, containing some remains of the church of the order, and bearing the name of the Temple. There are also the remains of a very ancient castle. Pop., in 1801, 338 ; in 1831, 455. Houses 76. Acres 4,810. A. P. £4,862. Poor rates, in 1837, £127.


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