Belleau with Claythorpe, Aby and Greenfield is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lincolnshire, created in 1732 from Belleau with Claythorpe Ancient Parish and Aby with Greenfield Ancient Parish. Claythorpe is a chapelry of Belleau with Claythorpe, Aby and Greenfield.
Other places in the parish include: Greenfield, Aby with Greenfield, and Aby.
Alternative names: Belleau, Hellow
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Belleau with Claythorpe, Aby and Greenfield
- Parish registers: 1696
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561
Aby with Greenfield
- Parish registers: 1643
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
- South Thoresby
- Beesby in the Marsh
- Burwell
- Withern with Stain
- Alford
- Authorpe
- Claythorpe
- Strubby with Woodthorpe
- Saleby with Thoresthorpe
- Haugh
- Swaby
- Rigsby with Ailby
Parish History
Belleau
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BELLEAU, a village and a parish in Louth district, Lincoln. The village stands near the Boston and Great Grimsby railway, in the vicinity of Claythorpe station, 4 miles NW by N of Alford. The parish includes also the chapelry of Claythorpe; and its Post town is Alford. Acres, 1,344. Real property, £1,947. Pop., 214. Houses, 33. The property is divided among a few. The name Belleau is derived from some fine springs of water arising from chalk rocks. Ruins exist of a monastery, comprising two gateways and part of a turret. The lands were given, in the time of Cromwell, to Sir Henry Vane. The living is a rectory, united with Aby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300. Patron, Lord Willoughby d’Eresby. The church is an ancient edifice, with a small tower; and contains a fine effigies of a crusader.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Aby
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Aby, a parish, united to Belleau in 1732. in the marsh division of Calceworth hund., parts of Lindsey, and union of Louth, Lincolnshire; 2¾ miles north-west from Alford. Living, a discharged vicarage, with the rectory of Belleau, in the archd. and dio. of Lincoln; rated at £6 3s. 6d. Patron, in 1835, Lord Willoughby d’Eresby. In 1801, including the hamlet of Greenfield, it contained a pop. of 122; in 1831, 204. Houses 42. Acres 1,560. A. P. £1,184. Poor rates, in 1837, £1742.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
Parish Records
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Census
Census returns for Aby, 1841-1891
Census returns for Belleau, 1841-1891
Census returns for Claythorpe, 1841-1891
Church Records
Parish registers for Aby, 1643-1725 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Aby (Lincolnshire)
Computer printout of Belleauaby, Lincoln, England
Computer printout of Aby with Greenfield, Lincoln, England
Lincolnshire Archives & Family History Groups
North East Lincolnshire Archives
Lincolnshire
England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990
Lincolnshire Gravestone Photos
Lincolnshire Convicts Database
Gazetter & Directory of Lincolnshire
Kelly’s Directory of Lincolnshire 1909
Lincolnshire Police Roll of Honour
Records for England
Births and Baptism Records
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Marriage Records
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Death Records
England Death Records, 1998-2015
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660
Non-Conformist Records
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Census
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales Census, 1911
Occupations
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
War and Conflict
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners’ Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Lincolnshire
- Civil Registration District: Louth
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Calcewaith
- Poor Law Union: Louth
- Hundred: Calcewaith
- Province: Canterbury