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Grasby (or Gresby)

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 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 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):
  
  

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Church Records

• 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. For more information on these chapels, see our Non-Conformist Church Records 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

This parish and village in northern Lincolnshire, in the Wolds, is 3 miles northwest 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.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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History

• 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.
  
  

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Maps

• 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.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name is often found in older records with the additional S as in "GRASS-by".
  
  

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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.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the North Lindsey division of Lindsey.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• Charles Tennyson TURNER rebuilt the village school.
  
  
• 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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