BEELSBY is a small village in a pleasant valley on the east side of the Wolds, 6 miles E by N of Caistor and 7 and half miles SW by S of Grimsby, has in its parish 170 souls and 2189 acres.

Henry John Adeane Esq is lord of the manor and owner of the soil.

The church (St Andrew) is a small tiled building without a tower. The rectory…is in the patronage of the Chapter of Southwell and incumbency of the Rev George Wilkins DD of Nottingham, for whom the Rev Arthur D Wilkins BA of Croxby officiates. The tithes were commuted in 1848 for a yearly corn rent of £570.

Thomas Coates     Farmer     Hall
Matthew Cunningham sen and jun     Corn millers
Mary Scaman     Wheelwright
Thomas Sowerby     Farmer
William West     Blacksmith and Shopkeeper
William Wilson     Parish Clerk
Post     From Caistor

Source: White’s Directory 1856