Aswarby

The village may take its name from the old Danish name Aswarth;{{cite web|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Settlement-of-Aswarby/906174.record?pt=S|title=Lincs to the Past - Settlement of Aswarby|accessdate=3 February 2013}} it was originally an ecclesiastical parish within the ancient Aswardhun {{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp;jsessionid=285CB550FFBCD71E6A82F99B8EF18855?u_id=10140055 |title=Vision of Britain - Aswardhurn wapentake |accessdate=3 February 2013 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615232431/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp |archivedate=15 June 2012 |df=dmy }} wapentake of the Danelaw. Although there is no firm evidence of earlier occupation, a flint axe {{cite web|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Flint-axe-found-to-the-north-west-of-North-Lodge--Aswarby/906167.record?pt=S|title=Lincs To The Past - Flint axe|accessdate=3 February 2013}} and a 2nd-century AD Roman brooch{{cite web|url=http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/195528|title=www.finds.org Aswarby brooch|accessdate=3 February 2013}} were found near Aswarby.

The village is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Aswardebi". In the mid-19th century, it was moved to a new site to make way for improvements to Aswarby Park; the original position is about 500 yards to the south-west of the modern village.{{cite web|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Earthwork-remains-of-the-original-settlement-of-Aswarby/245294.record?pt=S|title=Lincs To The Past - Original settlement of Aswarby|accessdate=3 February 2013}}

On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Aswarby and Swarby",{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10394508&c_id=10001043 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121104153816/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10394508&c_id=10001043 |url-status = dead|archive-date=4 November 2012 |title=Vision of Britain - Aswarby and Swarby Civil Parish history |accessdate=2 February 2013 }} part also went to form "Aunsby and Dembleby".{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10394480|title=Relationships and changes Aswarby CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 December 2023}}

The Anglican church of St Denys is in Aswarby; it has been a Grade I listed building since 1967. Parts of the church date back to the 12th, 14th and 15th centuries. The font is 12th century with a 20th-century lid, and the chancel, designed by H. E. Kendall, was built in 1849. In 1850 the church was restored by Edward Blore. There are memorials to George Bass and members of the Whichcote family.{{NHLE|num=1360619 |desc=Church of St Denys|accessdate=1 February 2013}}

Aswarby Hall was the seat of the Hervey and Carr{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/carr-sir-robert-1637-82|title=History of Parliament online - Sir Robert Carr|accessdate=3 February 2013}} (or Carre) families. Sir Francis Whichcote, 3rd Baronet moved there in the early 1700s. By the mid-19th century, it had descended to Sir Thomas Whichcote, 7th Baronet and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Aswarby/|title=GENUKI - Aswarby page|accessdate=2 February 2013}} It is the setting for "Lost Hearts", a ghost story by M. R. James, a writer of supernatural short fiction.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lem8jHX6CdwC&q=aswarby|title=Google Books - Ghost Stories of An Antiquarian|isbn=9781848301146|accessdate=1 February 2013|last1=James|first1=M. R.|date=July 2008}} The hall itself was demolished in 1951, leaving only two pillars standing.{{cite web|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/A-pair-of-pillars-in-Aswarby-Park/906146.record?pt=S|title=Aswarby Park Pillars|accessdate=2 February 2013}} The surrounding park remains and is owned by Aswarby Estates.

The surviving estate properties are included in Aswarby's inventory of 19 Grade II listed buildings, which includes the Estate Office, several farmhouses, cottages, The Old Smithy, a walled garden and bothy, and a milestone.

13 of the village's listed buildings are in a conservation area, as defined by Heritage Lincolnshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.lincshar.org/aswarby|title=Heritage At Risk - Aswarby|accessdate=2 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104213828/http://www.lincshar.org/aswarby|archive-date=4 November 2013|url-status = dead|df=dmy-all}}

George Bass,Bishop's transcripts for Aswardby, 1561-1830, Church of England. Parish Church of Aswardby (Lincolnshire) explorer of Australia and Tasmania, was born in Aswarby; Bass Strait was named after him.

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• {{Commons category-inline|Aswarby}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20050323225414/http://fadl12200.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mrjframes.html M.R.James website]
• {{OpenDomesday|TF0639|aswarby|Aswarby}}

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