Asterby, a parish in Lincolnshire, on the Wolds, near the river Bain, 6 miles N by E of Horncastle station on the G.N.R. Post town, Horncastle; money order office, Scamblesby; telegraph office, Baumber. Acreage, 1103 ; population, 166. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £240. The church is an ancient edifice of stone, in the Early English style. There are also Baptist and Wesleyan chapels.
