- Brigsley 1856
 BRIGSLEY is a pleasant village and parish 5 and a half
miles S by W of Grimsby, comprising 137 souls and 914 acres of
fertile land of which 397 acres are arable,...
- Cleethorpes 1856
CLEE, a
small scattered village, 2 miles SE of Grimsby, has its parish of
1034 souls and about 3600 acres of land divided into two townships,
Clee-with-Weelsby containing 193 souls and 2300 acres,...
- Cleethorpes Lodging and Boarding House Keepers
THE
ARRIVAL OF THE RAILWAYS and the introduction of bank
holidays in the 1880s made Cleethorpes accessible to workers from
northern industrial and manufacturing
towns. As visitor numbers grew,
Cleethorpes residents increasingly rented out rooms...
- Street names in North Cleethorpes - the Cambridge connection
THERE
ARE MANY ORIGINS FOR STREET NAMES - one trend is to name
them after local dignitaries or historic
figures. This is true in North
Cleethorpes. The council electoral ward of
Sidney Sussex is packed...
- Street names in old Cleethorpes
WHEN STUDYING LOCAL HISTORY, you quickly discover that the spelling of people’s names, streets and places aren't fixed - they change and evolve over time. Here are some I've come...
- Cleethorpes Time Line
Cleethorpes Time Line 3,500 years ago Bronze Age burial mound on Beacon Hill 11th century Before the Norman Conquest, the land was owned by four Saxons named Elaf, Grinchel, Algar...
- CLEE WITH CLEETHORPES 1861
CLEE with CLEETHORPES & the Hamlets of Thrunscoe & Weelsby. Clee, with the township of Cleethorpes, and hamlets of Thrunscoe and Weelsby, constituted a parish, 3 miles south-east from the...
- CLEETHORPES 1872
CLEE, a parish including Cleethorpes is 2.5 miles SE of Grimsby, and contains 4,019 inhabitants and 3580 acres of land, divided into 2 townships; Clee with Weelsby containing 213 souls...
- CLEETHORPES 1882
CLEE, a parish including Cleethorpes, is two and a half miles SE of Grimsby, and contained 4,019 inhabitants and 3,580 acres of land, divided into two townships, vis: Clee-with-Weelsby, contained...
- Croxton 1856
CROXTON, a pleasant village and parish 7 miles NE by E of
Brigg, contains 96 souls and 1514a 2r 21p of fertile and
well-wooded land including a lofty hill called Yarborough Camp,
from...
- East Halton 1856
EAST HALTON, is a pleasant, but widely-scattered village, 7
miles E by S of Barton, and one mile from the Humber, to which the
parish extends, including a small creek called Halton...
- Enclosure 1737-1853
The present-day Cleethorpes
constituency parishes listed below were enclosed by separate Acts
of Parliament, stretching over a period of almost 120
years. Stallingborough – 1737 Wootton – 1767-1768 Barnoldby-le-Beck – 1769-1770 Waltham –...
- Goxhill 1856
GOXHILL, is a large straggling village, with many good
houses, five miles E of Barton, and has a Railway Station, four
miles N of Ulceby, and 2 ½ miles S of new...
- Habrough 1856
HABROUGH,
or Haburgh, a long straggling village near the head of a rivulet on
the eastern side of the Wolds, 3 miles from the Humber, 8 miles ENE
of Grimsby and about 2...
- John Harrison
JOHN HARRISON is probably Barrow upon Humber's most famous son. A carpenter and then a clockmaker and ionventor, his marine chronometer enable mariners to plot exactly where they were as...
- Hatcliffe 1856
HATCLIFFE
a small village in a picturesque valley 6 and a half miles E of
Caistor and 8 miles SW of Grimsby has in its parish 147 souls and
1,370a...
- Hawerby cum Beesby 1856
HAWERBY-WITH-BEESBY on the east side of the Wolds near the
old road called Barton Street, 8 miles NNW of Louth, - are two
small hamlets and manors forming a parish of 85...
- Healing 1856
HEALING, 4 miles W of Grimsby, is a village and parish
containing 92 souls and 1313a 3 r 19p of land belonging to Alfred
Arthur Wallis Esq and the Rev J P...
- The Humber - the curse of the crossing
Crossing the Humber Time
Line The
Romans Ermine Street, the Roman road which connected London to York,
crossed the Humber between Wintringham and Brough, using a
combination of ford and ferry. Domesday Book Domesday...
- Humberston 1856
HUMBERSTONE
or Humberston, is a near and well-built village, finely
interspersed with trees, and pleasantly situated nearly two miles
from the river Humber and Waltham Station; and 4½ miles SSE of
Grimsby.
It’s
parish contains...
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