BARNOLDBY-LE-BECK is a village and a parish
3 miles north-west of Holton-le-Clay station, on the East
Lincolnshire branch of the Great Northern Railway, and 5
south-south-west of Grimsby, in the Lindsey division of the county,
parts of Lindsey, wapentake of Bradley Haverstoe, Caistor Union,
Grimsby petty sessional division and county court district, rural
deanery of Grimsby No 2, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of
Lincoln.
The church of St Helen is a plain building
of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave
with clerestory, aisles, south porch, and embattled western tower
with four pinnacles, containing 3 bells: the font is Norman: the
church plate includes a chalice and two patens, the chalice and one
paten are dated 1674 and very curious, they bear the assay mark of
Kingston-upon-Hull: there are 350 sittings.
The register dates from the year
1572.
The living is a rectory, net yearly value,
from 225 acres of glebe, £300, with residence, in the gift of the
Lord Chancellor, and held since 1886 by the Rev John Henry Herbert
McSwiney MA of Pembroke College, Oxford.
There is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1832;
and a Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in 1839.
The parish sends two inmates to Ashby
almshouses; there is a charity of 20s a year for the
poor.
In 1862, a granite obelisk was erected in
the village, opposite the churchyard, by the members of the hunt,
at a cost of £110, to the memory of William Smith, huntsman to the
Earl of Yarbrough; it exactly marks the spot where he fell from his
horse, April 11th 1845, from the effects of which accident he died
on the 16th of the same month.
Charles Manby Nainby esq JP, who is the
lord of the manor, and Joseph Borman esq, are the principle
landowners.
The soil is strong clay, subsoil,
clay.
The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and
turnips.
The area is 1,460acres; rateable value
£2,044; the population in 1881 was 212.
Sexton Charles
Sowerby
Letters through Great Grimsby arrive at
8.30am. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at
Waltham. Letter box is cleared at 4.50pm on week days
only.
The children of this place attend the
National school at Waltham, but are also entitled to attend the
Endowed school at Laceby.
Carrier
Alexander Traves, to Grimsby, on tues and fri
Joseph Borman Manor
House
Richard Howson
Herve Henri Andre Josse JP
Rev John Henry Herbert McSwiney MA The
Rectory
Charles Manby Nainby
Samuel Henry Saxby farmer
Cornelius & Thomas Hewson farmers
Thomas Hewson rate collector
William Hewson shopkeeper and draper
Charles Manby Nainby farmer
Wm Parker carpenter &
wheelwright
Allen Stephenson blacksmith
Edward Tout farmer
Alexander Traves Ship Inn, &
carrier
William White shopkeeper
Source: Kelly’s Directory
1889
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