What is "haceby"

Haceby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Newton and Haceby (where the population is included) in the district of North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated east from Grantham, 8 miles south from Sleaford, and south from the A52 road.

In the Domesday account the village is written as "Hazebi". The -by suffix is a Scandinavian word ending, for a place name based on a personal name. It is suggested that the origin is Farmstead or village of Haddr.

Haceby consists of a small number of houses, farm buildings, and the Grade I listed redundant St Barbara's Church. Although dedicated to St Barbara, it is also attributed to St Margaret or to both saints.

Earthworks to the west of the village are still visible as the remains of a Roman Villa. In 1818 a tessellated pavement and other Roman remains were discovered.

The village's war memorial is found combined with that of Newton, in Newton's St Botolph Church.