In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Grimsby like this:
GRIMSBY (LITTLE), a parish in Linth district, Lincoln; adjacent to the East Lincoln railway, 3 miles N of Linth. Post town, Linth. Acres, 950. Real property, £1, 235. Pop., 55. house, 10. The property belongs mainly to Lord F. Beauclerk; whose seat is Little Grimsby Hall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £106. Patron, Lord F. Beauclerk. The church is good; and the churchyard contains monuments to the Nelthorpes.
Little Grimsby through time
Little Grimsby is now part of East Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Grimsby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Grimsby, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12478
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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