Beelsby

The Grimsby Library is an excellent resource with both a Local History section and a Family History section.

Alternatively, the Library at Caistor also have a Local History section.

David WRIGHT reports in 2005 that nearly all the gravestones in the churchyard have been taken up and stacked against the walls of the church.

• The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
   
• In an 1890 reorganisation, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
   
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
   
• The church is a small stone building.
   
• The church was rebuilt in 1890.
   
• The church seats 104.
   
• The church is a Grade II structure with British Heritage.
   
• A meteorite tore a trench through the churchyard in the mid 1930s.
   
• A photograph of the Anglican parish church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2006.
   
• As does DAVID WRIGHT with his photograph of Beelsby Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2005.
   
• Here is a photograph St. Andrew's Church supplied by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1559.
   
• We have the beginning of a parish register extract as a text file for your use. Your additions and corrections are welcome.
   
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
   
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
   
• The first Methodist meeting was held in Beelsby in 1774 in the house of Michael PLASKITT. No chapel was built here.

• The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
   
• In an 1890 reorganisation, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
   
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.

Beelsby is a parish and a village 6 miles east of Caistor and 8 miles south-west of Great Grimsby. The parish covers just over 2,200 acres.

The village is the source for the River Freshney. Originally, the River Freshney ran north to the tidal Humber, but the flow was diverted in the 1600s to outflow at Great Grimsby. If you are planning a visit:

• Dennis WETHERLEY has a photograph of the village sign near the Hatcliffe road on Geo-graph, taken in October 2005. It's certainly not fancy, but it will help you find the place.
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the National Cycle Route 1 on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2014.
   
• See our touring page for visitor services.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Beelsby to another place.

Fenwick Brothers was incorporated in 1954 in Beesby. This haulage company is active in the ports of Great Grimsy, Immingham and Hull.

David WRIGHT has a photograph of the former Beesby Hall on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2005.

• The national grid reference is TA 2002.
   
• 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.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA207021 (Lat/Lon: 53.501752, -0.181738), Beelsby which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
   
• Kelly's 1900 Directory puts the parish, erroneously, in the North Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
   
• District governance is provided by the North-East Lincolnshire Council.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Grimsby petty sessional hearings.
   
• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, 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	148
1831	158
1851	176
1871	167
1881	171
1891	190
1911	155

• The children of this parish attended Hatcliff School.
   
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.