Asterby

{{Short description|Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= St Peter's Church Asterby - geograph.org.uk - 44351.jpg

| static_image_alt=

| static_image_caption = St Peters Church, Asterby

| country = England

| official_name= Asterby

| map_alt=

| coordinates = {{coord|53.29658700|-0.10467522|display=inline,title}}

| population= 159

| population_ref= (2011)

| shire_district= East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle

| post_town= Louth

| postcode_district = LN11

| postcode_area= LN

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= TF264794

| london_distance_mi = 120

| london_direction = S

}}

Asterby is a hamlet between Goulceby and Scamblesby, west of Louth, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The civil parish of Asterby had a population of 103 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 159 (including Stenigot) at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120188&c=LN9+5QJ&d=16&e=62&g=6446041&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1440083893725&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=20 August 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

Asterby is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book with 18 households and {{convert|120|acre|km2|1}} of meadow.{{cite web|title=Asterby|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF2679/asterby/|work=Domesday Map|publisher=Anna Powell Smith/University of Hull|access-date=7 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328075719/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF2679/asterby/|archive-date=28 March 2012|url-status=dead}} Three human skeletons and a dagger were dug up in 1821 in a field near the church.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=352888|mname=Asterby DMV|access-date=7 July 2011}}{{cite PastScape|mnumber=352903|mname=Human remains and dagger, Asterby|access-date=7 July 2011}}

Asterby church, which was dedicated to St Peter, is no longer open to the public, having been sold into private ownership. The churchyard burial ground is open to the public, and is used for local burials. It dates from the 14th century, with alterations around 1900 by W. Mortimer and Son.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=352882|mname=St Peters Church, Asterby|access-date=7 July 2011}}