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Coates, Great, par. and ry. sta., N. Lincolnshire, on river Humber, 2½ miles W. of Great Grimsby, 2,777 ac. and 1,699 tidal water, pop. 245; P.O.

From: John BARTHOLOMEW's "Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)"

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Archives & Libraries

The parish had a Reading Room on Station Road and The Avenue sometime in the 1800s.

The Grimsby Library is an excellent resource with both a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Cemeteries

  • Brian CHESTER has provided a Monument Inscription lookup feature at his website for St. Nicholas Church.(JB)
     
  • Brian CHESTER has provided an example of his work in this FISKE monument from the graveyard:
     
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Census

  • The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
     
  • In an 1890 re-organization, 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.
1841H.O. 107 / 631
1851H.O. 107 / 2114
1861R.G. 9 / 2391
1871R.G. 10 / 3416
1891R.G. 12 / 2620
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas (the spelling is often given as "Nicolas").
     
  • The church tower dates from the 15th century.
     
  • The church chancel was restored in 1865.
     
  • The church seats 200.
     
  • There is a photograph of the Anglican parish church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
     
  • David WRIGHT has a photograph of the church tower on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2006.
     
  • Here is a photo of St. Nicholas Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from the year 1653.
     
  • The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Grimsby and Cleethorpes Deanery to make your search easier.
     
  • The Wesleyan Methodists formed a group here in 1759 with William BUTTRES as leader. John BAGLEY took over in 1849. A 99-year land lease by the Lord of the Manor allowed the Wesleyans to build their chapel in 1881. It opened in August of that year.
     
  • The Primitive Methodists built their chapel in 1895. Check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
     
  • Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of one of the Methodist Chapels on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2011.
     
  • Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
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Civil Registration

  • The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
     
  • In an 1890 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.
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Description & Travel

This parish and small village are in the north of Lincolnshire, 4 miles from Great Grimsby and 157 miles north of London. The parish borders on the River Humber to the northeast and a stream on the south and south-east called the Freshney. The parish covers about 2,300 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

  • Passenger rail service came to Great Coates in 1848.
     
  • See our touring page for visitor services.
You can see pictures of Great Coates which are provided by:

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Emigration & Immigration

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Gazetteers

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History

  • In the early 1900s, two-fifths of the parish land was pasturage.
     
  • Ben BROOKSBANK has a photograph of the Great Coates station on Geo-graph, taken in 1997.
     
  • Grimsby housing and manufacturing development spilled over into Great Coates after World War Two, making it a suburb of the larger town.
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  • Great Coates usually has an annual Scarecrow Weekend in June. Visitors are welcome.
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA238103 (Lat/Lon: 53.574977, -0.132179), Great Coates which are provided by:

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Military History

Ian S. has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2020. The memorial is mounted on a wall at the Great Coates Village Nursery School. This memorial was unveiled in June 1920 and rededicated in November 1991.

There is also a WWI Memorial in the church which is a brass stand surmounted by a brass lectern in the shape of an eagle with its wings outstretched.

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Military Records

The brass WWI Memorial in the church has the following names (All deceased in WWI):

  1. Collingwood, W.
  2. Hinch, T.
  3. Mackenzie, A. H.
  4. Manship, A. H.
  5. Ornby, C.
  6. Robinson, C.

The War Memorial at the Nursery School is reported by the IWM to have 64 names on it, but only 57 are recorded. The names are:

  1. Adams, C. B.
  2. Adams, E.
  3. Adams, R. A.
  4. Atkins, W.
  5. Beacock, H.
  6. Bolton, C.
  7. Boocock, J. C.
  8. Bories, F. W.
  9. Borrell, H.
  10. Brocklebank, F.
  11. Brown, J. R.
  12. Carbutt, C. W.
  13. Clemes, F.
  14. Clift, J. H.
  15. Collingwood, W.
  16. Crawford, C. H.
  17. Cruby, R.
  18. Dobbs, W.
  19. Earoley, E.
  20. Farmery, W.
  21. Fenwick, W.
  22. Fowler, R.
  23. Franklin, H. N.
  24. Harrison, C.
  25. Harrison, T.
  26. Hatcliffe, F.
  27. Hinch, T.
  28. Hollingsworth, H.
  29. Hollingsworth, R.
  30. Kendall, C.
  31. Kirton, J. W.
  32. Lawson, A.
  33. Leaver, S.
  34. Mackenzie, A. S.
  35. Manship, A. H.
  36. Maskell, T.
  37. Moore, C.
  38. Pratt, W. P.
  39. Proctor, J.
  40. Quirk, D.
  41. Quirk, R. A.
  42. Raithby, J.
  43. Raithby, T.
  44. Richardson, W. B.
  45. Robinson, C.
  46. Rodham, R.
  47. Sarcent, C.
  48. Shreeve, E.
  49. Skells, R.
  50. Smith, E.
  51. Smith, F. H.
  52. Smith, W. L. W.
  53. Stephens, J. R M.
  54. Stockoale, H.
  55. Swain, H.
  56. Waddingham, E.
  57. Waumsley, A. W.
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Names, Geographical

  • "Coats" or "Cotes" is an ancient word for cottages.
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Periodicals

The Great Coates Village Council publishes a parish magazine about 4 times per year, Recent copies are online at the council site, older issues may be found at the Grimsby Library.

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
     
  • Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire, as well as the 1913 edition, places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey division of the county.
     
  • In April, 1968, this Civil Parish was abolished and most of the land amalgamated into Healing Civil Parish.
     
  • A few years later, the parish was reconstituted as a Civil Parish.
     
  • You may contact the Great Coates Village Council regarding civic or political issues, but they will NOT do family history lookups for you.
     
  • District governance is provided by the North-East Lincolnshire Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Population

YearInhabitants
1801208
1831235
1841245
1871228
1881245
1891217
1901294
1911364
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Schools

  • A National School was built here in 1872 to hold 50 children.
     
  • For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.