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Brocklesby, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Brocklesby, a parish in Lincolnshire, 8 miles WNW of Great Grimsby. It has a station on the M.S. & L.R., and includes the hamlet of Little Limber, and it has a post office (S.O.) under Ulceby; money order and telegraph office, Ulceby. Acreage, 3939; population of the civil parish, 282; of the ecclesiastical with Kirmington, 713. Brocklesby Park is the seat of the Earl of Yarborough. The hall has a fine picture gallery, and the grounds have a mausoleum by Wyatt in the form of a Greek temple, with catacombs below. The living is a rectory united with the vicarage of Kirmington in the diocese of Lincoln; joint gross yearly value, £450 with residence. Patron, Lord Yarborough. The church is a beautiful building of stone in the Decorated style.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishBrocklesby All Saints 
Poor Law unionCaistor 
WapentakeYarborough 

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 Brocklesby:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1530-19111755-17911530-19111533-1911

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brocklesby from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Brocklesby are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:


Villages, Hamlets, &c

Limber Parva
DistrictWest Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtDN41
Post TownGrimsby

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