Habrough

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

Alternatively, the Caistor Library also has a Local History section.

Jonathan THACKER has a photograpf ot St. Margaret's churchyard gravestones on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2011.

• The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
   
• In an 1890 reorganisation, the parish was reassigned to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
   
• We have a handful of 1901 census surnames in a text file. Your additions are welcome.
   
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret.
   
• The church tower was restored in 1684.
   
• The church was rebuilt in 1869 using Kirton and Ancaster stone.
   
• The church seats 175 people.
   
• The church is located across the A180 trunk road from the village.
   
• There is a photograph of St. Margaret's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
   
• David WRIGHT has a photograph of Habrough Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2005.
   
• Jonathan THACKER also has a photograph of Habrough Church on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2011.
   
• Here is a photo of St. Margaret's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1538.
   
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
   
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the rural deanery of North Grimsby.
   
• The Society of Genealogists has parish register copies for: bapt. 1538-1610 1654-73 1678-89 1694-1811; Mar. 1538-1603 1653-73 1678-89 1694-1836; Bur. 1538-1601 1653-88 1696-1811; Mon. Insc. 1754-1812 [71]; 1813-37 [65]; 1813-1900.
   
• The Family History Library holds microfilm copies of the Bishops Transcripts from 1561 to 1833.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here, rebuilt in 1869. The Wesleyen Chapel has been converted into a private residence. The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel here, rebuilt in 1873.
   
• Chris has a photograph of the Wesleyen Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2016.
   
• For more on these chapels and their records, 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 reorganisation, the parish was reassigned 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.

Habrough is both a village and a parish on the eastern side of the Wolds, 3 miles inland from the River Humber, 163 miles north of London, 9 miles north-east of Caistor, just west of Immingham parish and just south of Killingholme. The parish covers about 2,330 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A180 trunk road from the north side of Grimsby and head west about 10 miles. Turn south at the B1210 arterial road and you'll be in Habrough village.
   
• Visit our touring page for more sources.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Habrough to another place.

• The village is still on the railline established in the 1800s by the Great Central railway. Habrough railway station serves the village of Habrough and the town of Immingham.

The 1086 Domesday Book list a manor house here, but all that remains is an earthen bank.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA146136 (Lat/Lon: 53.606434, -0.269447), Habrough 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.

There is a War Memorial plaque mounted on the Village Institute on Station Road. It is a lancet-headed stone tablet set into a lancet-headed niche. 50 names are listed, four of whom died.

The Memorial can be seen at the Imperial War Museum site.

Chris ? also has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2016.

Here are the names from the War Memorial (From the IWM, which only lists 46):

1. Alltoft, A.
2. Barnes, H. S.
3. Barron, E.
4. Barron, H. S.
5. Barron, W. A.
6. Beacroft, A.
7. Bratton, J. H.
8. Brocklesby, B.
9. Brocklesby, G.
10. Brown, F. E.
11. Cooper, F.
12. Cooper, W. R.
13. Dannatt, C. F.
14. Denby, G.
15. Dent, C. H.
16. Donovan, T. J. B.
17. Drakes, W.
18. Farmery, G. T.
19. Fytche, A.
20. Fytche, G.
21. Haw, G. W.
22. Howson, W.
23. Marris, H. F.
24. McGown, M.
25. Miller, H.
26. Moment, A.
27. Newmarch, D. E.
28. Noble, W.
29. Portas, J.
30. Rhodes, B.
31. Robinson, A.
32. Shaw, G.
33. Shucksmith, H.
34. Simpson, F. P.
35. Simpson, J. P.
36. Taylor, J. H. R. H.
37. Taylor, W. L.
38. Traves, W.
39. Tribble, H.
40. Vickers, G.
41. Vickers, K.
42. Vickers, T.
43. Watson, F.
44. Westoby, C. W.
45. Westoby, M. H.
46. Wynn, P.

• The name Habrough is found in many old records as "Haburgh".

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the East division of the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
   
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the North Lindsey of the county, as does the 1913 edition.
   
• In 1887, a detached part of Habrough was added to Immingham parish.
   
• Habrough Parish Council has a website, but it has very little content.
   
• District governance is provided by the North-East Lincolnshire Council.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Grimsby petty session hearings.
   
• In 1773, Thomas HICKS left a bequest of 10 shillings per year from a rent-charge for the poor.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
   
• In an 1890 reorganisation, this parish was allocated to the new Grimsby Poor Law Union.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	275
1811	245
1821	286
1831	313
1841	334
1871	394
1881	391
1891	343
1901	344
1911	396
1921	411
2001	649

• A Board School was built in 1876 to hold up to 180 children, but average attendance was about half that.
   
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.