Goulceby with Asterby

Goulceby

Church of All Saints, Goulceby
Goulceby
Goulceby shown within Lincolnshire
Population 135 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference TF258797
• London 120 mi (190 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LOUTH
Postcode district LN11
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Goulceby with Asterby are villages and civil parishes in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. They are situated 7 miles (11 km) south-west from the market town of Louth, and lie in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Goulceby Ford

Goulceby village is conjoined with the hamlet of Asterby, both marked on local road signs as one settlement, Goulceby with Asterby, although the two form separate civil parishes.

Goulceby was the birthplace of William Marwood, hangman, who invented the "long drop" system of execution.[2]

Community

Until 2012 local democracy took the form of the 'Asterby, Goulceby & Ranby Grouped Parish Council', but at the request of the people of Ranby, it was split to form the 'Asterby & Goulceby Parish Council' and the 'Ranby Parish Meeting'.[3]

The Ecclesiastical parishes are also still separate, as Asterby, Goulceby and Ranby.[4][5][6] All three are part of the Asterby group of the Deanery of Horncastle.[4][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Greenwell, Bill. "William Marwood". Lost Lives. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "De-grouping of the Parish of Ranby from the Parishes of Asterby and Goulceby" (PDF). East Lindsey district council. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Asterby group PCC". Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Goulceby PCC". Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ranby PCC". Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Asterby Group". The South Wolds group. DSiocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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