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Brigsley, par., N. Lincolnshire, 5 miles SW. of Great Grimsby, 860 ac., pop. l39.
From: John BARTHOLOMEW's "Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)"
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The Grimsby Library is an excellent resource with both a Local History section and a Family History section.
- Jonathan THACKER has provided a photograph of a portion of St. Helen Church graveyard on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2018.
- Brian Chester has provided a Monument Inscription lookup feature at his website for St. Helen Church.(JB)
- The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- In 1890, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census Year | Piece No. |
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1841 | H.O. 107 / 629 |
1861 | R.G. 9 / 2390 |
1871 | R.G. 10 / 3416 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2620 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Helen.
- The church is built primarily of chalk stone.
- The church seats 105.
- The church was restored in 1961 and again in 1985.
- The church is a Grade II structure with English Heritage.
- There is a photograph of St. Helen's church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- David HITCHBORNE has a photograph of St. Helen's church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2004.
- David HITCHBORNE also has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2004.
- Here are two photos of St. Helen's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Anglican parish registers date from 1561.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The parish had two small Methodist chapels by 1900.
- Ian S. has a photograph of the former Primitie Methdist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
- To research these chapels, check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- In an 1890 district re-organization, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are just south of Grimsby. Waltham parish is to the north and Ashby cum Fenby to the south. Waithe Beck flows through the parish and skirts the south edge of the village. The parish covers only 860 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the B1203 arterial road south out of Grimsby and through Waltham.
- Steve FAREHAM has a photograph of the Village Sign at Geo-graph, taken in October, 2015.
- The Waithe Beck runs just past the south side of the village.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Brigsley to another place.
- See our "Maps" page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA254019 (Lat/Lon: 53.498857, -0.111), Brigsley which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was part of the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey division of the county.
- District governance is provided by the North-East Lincolnshire Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Grimsby petty session hearings.
- After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
- In an 1890 district re-organization, this parish was transferred to the new Grimsby Poor Law Union.
- The children of this parish attended school in Waltham parish.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.