ABY, a parish in the Marsh division of the hundred
of CALCEWORTH, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN,
3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Alford, containing,
with the hamlet of Greenfield, 192 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, united, in 1732, to the
rectory of Belleau, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £6. 3. 6., and endowed
with £200 royal bounty. The church is dedicated
to All Saints.