ASHBY-CUM-FENBY are two hamlets forming one
scattered village and parish, pleasantly situated 6 miles S of
Grimsby and containing 244 souls and 1675
acres.
G W Parkinson Esq is lord of the manor, but
the Rev Thomas Walker, G H Haigh Esq, Mr Joseph Fearson and several
smaller proprietors own a great part of the soil. The Church (St
Peter) is a small ancient fabric, and monuments in memory of Sir
William and Lady Frances Wray and a Knight Templar. It was
thoroughly repaired in 1845. The rectory…is in the patronage of the
Lord Chancellor and incumbency of the Rev James Garvey MA, who has
a good rectory house built in 1849. The glebe is 44
acres.
Here is a Wesleyan Chapel built in
1836.
Lady Frances Wray erected almshouses here
for six poor men or women of Ashby, Barnoldby-le-Beck, Grainsby and
Waith.
Thomas Bratton
Shopkeeper
Samuel Coverdale Wheelwright
Joseph Frearson sen Gentleman
Rev James Garvey MA Rectory
Richard Hinch Tailor
Charles Scoffin Shoemaker and Grocer
Joseph West Blacksmith
Farmers
John Barker Fenby
Christopher Coates Moorhouse
Joseph Frearson jun Fenby
Elizabeth Sharp Fenby
John Johnson Fenby
Christopher Maidens
Henry Chapman
Henry Motley
John Sykes
Thomas Walker Robinson
Richard Williams
Carriers
George Coulbeck to Grimsby; and Michael West to Grimsby, Louth and
Market Raisen
Source: White’s Directory
1856
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