Humberstone, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Humberstone, a parish, with a village, in Lincolnshire, 2 miles from the Humber, 1½ mile E from Waltham station on the G.N.R., and 5 miles SE by S from Great Grims-by. Post town, Grimsby; money order and telegraph office, Cleethorpe. Acreage, 2994; population, 254. A small Benedictine abbey was founded here in the time of Henry II., and was given at the dissolution to John Cheke, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £280 with residence. Patron, Lord Carrington. The church was rebuilt in 1710, is a brick structure, with a tower, and contains several monuments, one of which is to Mathew Humberstone, Esq., who was a foundling, took the name of the parish, acquired great riches, died in 1709, and left £300 to erect his monument, £1000 to rebuild the church, £1100 to erect a grammar school and almshouses, and an annuity of £40 toward the vicar's income. The fund is now administered under a scheme issued by the Charity Commissioners in 1878, and it provides for an elementary school in this parish, and a higher grade school in the parish of Clee. There is a Wesleyan chape
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Humberston St. Peter | |
Poor Law union | Caistor | |
Wapentake | Bradley-Haverstoe |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Humberston:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1748-1911 | 1778-1810 | 1749-1911 | 1748-1911 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Humberstone from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Humberston (St. Peter))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: