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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Great Limber

Census

• 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:
  
  

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Church History

• The parish was the home of a Norman priory, under the Abbey of L'Aulnay in Normandy. It was built before 1180.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1875.
  
  
• The church seats 350.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Peter's church on the Wendy Parkinson web site under "Yet More Lincolnshire".
  
  
• Here are two photographs of St. Peter's, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1562.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1841. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• 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.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Great Limber or Limber Magna is both a village and a parish about 10 miles east of Brigg and 10 miles west of Grimsby. Brocklesby parish is to the north and Clixby parish to the south. The Humberside International Airport is just to the northwest. The parish covers almost 5,200 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 1308.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

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Military History

• In 1871, the village was the headquarters of the 1st Lincolnshire Light Horse Volunteers, which had 75 members. The Earl of Yarborough was the Captain-Commandant; William THOROLD, Lieutenant; W. RICHARDSON, trumpeter; G. W. GORDON, trumpeter; and Sergeant Thomas Wm. SMITH, Drill Instructor.
  
  
• In 1881, the village was still the headquarters of the 1st Lincolnshire Light Horse Volunteers, which had 78 members. The Earl of Yarborough was the Captain-Commandant; John M. RICHARDSON and W. SWALLOW, Lieutenants; and Sergeant-Major MURDOCK, Drill Instructor.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• In 1626, Mr. Robert SMITH left 10 acres of land at Cadney-cum-Housham to generate rent revenue for the poor. The money was given as clothes and coal.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• In this parish are the Brocklesby Park Schools, first built in 1849 by the Earl Yarborough. These schools serve the parishes of Brocklesby, Keelby, Kirmington and Habrough.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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