Hannah cum Hagnaby is a civil parish containing two small hamlets

Hamlets

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, Hannah and Hagnaby, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of Alford

Alford

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, and 15 miles (24.1 km) south east of Louth

In antiquity Hannah was known as Hannay. The church, located in Hannah, is dedicated to Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...

 and is a Grade I listed building, built of greenstone

Greenstone

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 about 1758, with early 19th century, and some 20th century alterations.

Hagnaby Priory, later Hagnaby Abbey

Hagnaby Abbey

Hagnaby Abbey was an abbey and former priory in Hagnaby, Lincolnshire, England.Originally founded as a house for Premonstratensian canons around 1175, by Agnes, widow of Herbert de Orreby, the priory was a dependency of Welbeck Abbey and named in honour of Saint Thomas the Martyr.It achieved its...

, was situated in Hagnaby. Pevsner

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states that a Premonstratensian

Premonstratensian

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 priory, founded in 1175, stood 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) to the north of the village. Fragments of the priory, including octagonal shafts and window tracery

Tracery

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, exist at Hagnaby Abbey Farm 1.25 miles (2 km) to the west. English Heritage has noted the existence of the suppressed

Dissolution of the Monasteries

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priory through evidence of aerial photographs and building debris, and grassed foundations of a later formal garden and post-medieval house.