Aunsby and Dembleby

Aunsby and Dembleby is a civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 125. The parish includes Aunsby and Dembleby, which were separate parishes until 1931, and the hamlet of Scott Willoughby.

The three ecclesiastical parishes are still administered separately, although all are part of the South Lafford Group of the Lafford Deanery, Diocese of Lincoln. The incumbent is the Rev'd Charles Robertson.

Aunsby

52°56′13″N 0°26′48″W / 52.93694°N 0.44667°W / 52.93694; -0.44667 (Aunsby)

Aunsby lies just north and west off the point where the A15 crosses the A52. Its church, dedicated to St Thomas Of Canterbury, is a mixture of Norman and Perpendicular styles of architecture. It was repaired and rebuilt in 1861.

In the Domesday survey the village is called "Ounesbi".

The ecclesiastical parish is Aunsby

Dembleby

52°55′42″N 0°27′21″W / 52.92833°N 0.45583°W / 52.92833; -0.45583 (Dembleby)

Dembleby appears in the Domesday survey three times, as "Denbelbi", "Delbebi" and "Dembelbi". The parish was in the ancient Aswardhurn Wapentake.