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A picture tour of Ashby Puerorum - in the county of Lincolnshire
St. Andrew's, Ashby Puerorum, Lincolnshire
St. Andrew's, Ashby Puerorum, Lincolnshire - by Lincolnian (brian) ©

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St. Andrew's, Ashby Puerorum, Lincolnshire

The small Anglican parish church at Ashby Puerorum is dedicated to St. Andrew and is a typically greenstone church of Early English origins with a massive tower. Extensively repaired in 1850 it had further restorations made in 1869 & had to be repaired again in 1877-8. The unusual village name has both Scandinavian & Latin origins and dates back to the 13th century when Bishop Oliver Sutton was responsible for the re-naming of this village previously known as just Ashby (from the Old Scandinavian Aesc+by, or "farmstead where ash trees grow") by adding the "Puerorum" which is from the Latin for "boys" (or, loosely, "children") after an estate was established here for the support of a boys' choir for Lincoln Cathedral.
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Photographer: © Lincolnian (brian) (Gallery)(3rd November 2007)

4 stars

Comment by Barbara Whiteman(6th November 2007)

What a fab church, it almost tells a story with the way it looks

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5 stars

Comment by Sue H(28th March 2009)

Perfection!

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Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon PowerShot A540
Focal length: 5.8 mm, Aperture: f 4, Exposure time: 1/500 sec, Metering Mode: Multi-Segment, Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Date/Time Creation: September 19, 2007, 3:06 pm
ImageID:1049479, Image size: 558 x 808 pixels