ASHBY, a parish in the wapentake of BRADLEYHAVERSTOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 6 miles (S. by W.) from Great Grimsby, containing, with the hamlet of Fenby, 191 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 10. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.