Irby on Humber

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

Ian S. has a photograph of the Churchyard cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2019.

• The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
   
• In 1890, the Caistor Registration District was split in two and this parish became part of the Grimsby Registration District.
   
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:

• There was a church here at the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086.
   
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
   
• The church was built in Norman times, with monuments dating to 1493.
   
• The church was restored in 1883.
   
• The church seats 120.
   
• John BEAL has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2007.
   
• Richard CROFT also has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2011.
   
• Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church (Ron COLE retains the copyright):
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
   
• The 1742 marriages were lost because a servant accidently burned them.
   
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1884.
   
• For information and assistance in researching this chapel, see our non-conformist religions page.
   
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

• The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
   
• In 1890, the Caistor Registration District was split in two and this parish became part of the Grimsby Registration District.
   
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration beginning in July 1837.

Irby upon Humber is both a parish and a village in northern Lincolnshire. Perhaps misnamed, the parish does not sit on the banks of the Humber. The parish lies 6 miles inland of Grimsby and is 6 miles northeast of Caistor. The parish covers about 1,800 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• Ian S. has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2019. It appeares that they could use your artistic and marketing skills to make the sign more impactful and attractive.
   
• See our touring page for visitor services.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Irby on Humber to another place.

• At the east end of the village there are remains of an earthwork structure known to locals as "the Moat".

• Irby was the ancient seat of the HOLLES and MALET families.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA206042 (Lat/Lon: 53.520498, -0.182207), Irby on Humber 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 Cross of Red Granite on a three-stepped plinth in the churchyard. Ian S. has a photograph of the W. M. Cross on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2019. The Memorial was unveiled in September 1919.

There are 4 names on the War Memorial, all from World War One:

1. Dyas, Richard, pte. in 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters, died 10 Nov 1917.
2. Lusby, George, (George Ernest Lusby) pte. in 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regt., died 21 Sep 1915.
3. Lusby, Robert, (Robert’s actual name appears to have been Walter Lusby), pte. 2nd/5th Bn. South Staffs. Regt., died 28th Sep 1917.
4. Plaskitt, Robert James, pte. in 11th Bn. Royal Sussex Regt. Died 25 Sep 1917.

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district and parts of Lindsey.
   
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the North Lindsey district of the county.
   
• District governance is provided by the North-East Lincolnshire Council.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Grimsby petty session hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
   
• In 1890, this parish was transferred to the new Grimsby Poor Law Union.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	192
1831	263
1851	253
1871	189
1881	224
1891	193
1911	164
2001	122

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1867.
   
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.