Grasby (or Gresby)
- The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2114 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2392 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3421 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2621 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The Anglican parish church dates back to the 13th century, accounting for its Gothic Style. One of the church bells dates to 1500.
- The church was rebuilt in 1869.
- The church steeple was taken off the church tower in the 1800s because it was unsafe.
- The church spire was still considered unsafe around 1948 and it was taken down and a new top put in place.
- The church seats about 156 people.
- A photograph of All Saints church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
- Here is a photo of All Saints' Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1653 for baptisms and burials, from 1754 for marriages.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1840, and the Primitive Methodists built theirs in 1841. The Wesleyan chapel was demolished around 2000. The Primitive Methodist chapel is now a private residence. For more information on these chapels, see our Non-Conformist Church Records page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This parish and village in the northern Lincolnshire Wolds, is 3 miles north-west of Caistor on the road to Brigg. The parish itself is a long, thin format, running roughly north and south, and just west of Clixby parish.
If you are planning a visit:
- The village is just south of the A1084 trunk road between Brigg and Caistor. The road drops down into the village, but there are still great views of the countryside.
- The old Viking Way passes through the heart of the village.
- There is a lot of active use of the Village Hall.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- Charles TENNYSON, brother of Lord Alfred, lived here and was vicar of the church for about 40 years. He came to the parish in 1835, a few years after changing his name to Charles Tennyson TURNER on succeeding to the estate of his great-uncle Samuel TURNER of Caistor. His wife's sister was the wife of Alfred TENNYSON.
- There is a history of Grasby at the Grasby Parish Council site. It appears to be mostly excerpts from historical directories.
- The national grid reference is TA 0804.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
For a list of names on the war memorial plaques, see the Memorials site.
We also have Ifor BARTON's Roll of Honour as a Portable Document File you can download and print out.
- The name is often found in older records with the additional S as in "GRASS-by".
- This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Lindsey division of Lindsey.
- In April, 1936, this Civil Parish was enlarged by 1,261 acres when Clixby Civil Parish was abolished.
- You can contact the local Grasby Parish Council regarding civic or political issues. They are NOT staffed to assist you with family history questions.
- For today's district governance, contact the West Lindsey District Council.
- In 1720, Samuel FAULDIN left the rent charge from land in the parish to the poor. In 1841 this was 40 shillings per year.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
168 |
| 1831 |
287 |
| 1841 |
374 |
| 1871 |
408 |
| 1881 |
411 |
| 1891 |
347 |
| 1901 |
353 |
| 1911 |
373 |
- Charles Tennyson TURNER rebuilt the village school in 1855.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
- Here is a photo of Grasby School, taken by Debbie Shearwood (who retains the copyright):
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[Last updated: 15-December-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
