Immingham
- Alan Tailby, "The Story of a Village, a history of Immingham", publ. 1970. Mr. Tailby gives an insight into the medieval history of Immingham and North Lincolnshire.
- 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 new Grimsby Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The Anglican Parish Church is dedicated to St. Andrew.
- The church dates from the Norman era, but no precise year is given.
- The church was restored during 1887-90.
- The church seats 220.
- There is a photograph of St. Andrew's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
- Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- We have a handful of parish register extracts in a text file. Your additions are welcome.
- CAUTION: Bernie Kettlewell reports that there is a serious discrepancy in the IGI records included for the period 1700-1753. It contains a significant number (38) of marriages additional to those in the PR. Anne Cole investigated and found that these additional marriages actually took place at Ingham in Lawres Deanery.
- 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 here before 1842 and rebuilt in 1883. The Primitive Methodists erected a chapel in 1910. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, 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 which began in July, 1837.
Immingham is both a village and a parish in the north of Lincolnshire, on the banks of the River Humber. It sits 10 miles northwest of Grimsby and southeast of Killingholme. Habrough parish lies to the west and Stallingborough parish to the south. The parish covers about 4,200 acres and includes the hamlet of Roxton.
If you are planning a visit:
- The Pilgrim Fathers left from the bank of the Humber at a place called Immingham Creek to Holland in 1608. The actual spot was marked by a memorial which was erected in 1924. The granite top stone of the memorial was taken from Plymouth Rock, Mass and presented by the Sulgrave Institution. The memorial was erected by the Anglo-American Society of Hull. The memorial became surrounded by industry as the Immingham dock area expanded and was moved in 1970 to its present site in a small park opposite the church in Immingham. According to Alan Tailby in his book (See Bibliography) the Pilgrims did hire a boat to take them to Holland from Boston in 1607 but the skipper, after taking their money, betrayed them to the authorities and they were imprisoned for a time. Many of the streets in Immingham are named after the Pilgrims: e.g. Clyfton Crescent and Brewster Avenue.
- In 1906, Lady HENDERSON turned the first sod to create the large dock at Immingham. The dock officially opened 6 years later on 22 July, 1912.
- The national grid reference is TA 1814.
- 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.
- The parish was in the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- In 1780, Percival TEAL left 10 shillings per year for the parish poor.
- The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1840.
- 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.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
144 |
| 1831 |
119 |
| 1871 |
237 |
| 1891 |
262 |
| 1901 |
241 |
| 1911 |
2,681 |
- A Council School was built here prior to 1913 to hold 300 children.
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1913 to hold 300 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 2-July-2008 - Louis R. Mills]
