GENUKI: Beelsby, LIN

Beelsby

The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
In an 1890 reorganisation, 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:

The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
The church is a small stone building.
The church was rebuilt in 1890.
The church seats 104.
A photograph of the Anglican parish church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
Richard CROFT has a photograph of St.Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2006.
Here is a photograph St. Andrew's Church supplied by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

St. Andrew Church

The Anglican parish register dates from 1559.
We have the beginning of a parish register extract as a text file for your use. Your additions and corrections are welcome.
The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
Nearly all the gravestones from the churchyard have been removed and stacked against the church itself.
The first Methodist meeting was held in Beelsby in 1774 in the house of Michael PLASKITT. No chapel was built here.

The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
In an 1890 reorganisation, 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.

Beelsby is a parish and a village 6 miles east of Caistor and 8 miles southwest of Great Grimsby. The parish covers just over 2,200 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

The national grid reference is TA 2001.
You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
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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 puts the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
District governance is provided by the North-East Lincolnshire Council.

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

Year Inhabitants

1801 148

1831 158

1871 167

1881 171

1891 190

1911 155

[Last updated: 29-March-2013 - Louis R. Mills]