| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.2693°N 0.1531°W |
| Map Type: | Lincolnshire |
| Official Name: | Ailby |
| Static Image Name: | Ailby - geograph.org.uk - 1737993.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Ailby |
| Shire District: | East Lindsey |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Louth and Horncastle |
| Civil Parish: | Rigsby with Ailby |
| Post Town: | Alford |
| Postcode District: | LN13 |
| Postcode Area: | LN |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF436768 |
| London Distance Mi: | 120 |
| London Direction: | S |
Ailby is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] It is situated less than 1miles north-west from Alford, and forms part of the civil parish of Rigsby with Ailby. The village does not possess a place name sign, and its only service is a small garden centre and a livery yard.[2] [3]
The ecclesiastical parish is Rigsby with Ailsby, part of the Alford Group of the Deanery of Calcewaithe & Candleshoe.[4] The parish church is St James at Rigsby.[5]
The village is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Halebi", consisting of 8 households.[6]
The hamlet appears to be the Deserted Medieval Village of Ailby, located to the south of the present Ailby Hall Farm.[7]