Hawerby cum Beesby

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

• The parish was in the Great Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
   
• In an 1890 district re-organization, the Grimsby sub-district became its own Registration District.
   
• We have a handful of 1901 census surnames in a text file. Your additions are welcome.
   
• 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 Margaret.
   
• The church was repaired in 1846.
   
• The church seats only about 60 persons.
   
• The church was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in October, 1974. It was used as a monument and art gallery in July, 1978.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Margaret's church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2007.
   
• Parishioners now attend services at All Saints Church in Wold Newton.

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1520, but is only clearly legible from 1597.
   
• The Lincolnshire Archives have the parish register deposited showing baptisms 1596*1706, marriages 1597*1704, and burials 1597-1699. There is a gap, then more recent registers are available. The Archive has a fairly rich trove of parish documents.
   
• We have only one family in our Parish Register Extract text file, but your additions 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 parish was in the Great Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
   
• In an 1890 district re-organization, the Grimsby sub-district became its own Registration District.
   
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.

This village and small parish are in the Lincolnshire Wolds about 9 miles south of Grimsby. Wold Newton parish lies just to the west. The parish covers about 1,200 acres and includes the hamlet and manor of Beesby.

If you are planning a visit:

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• Hawerby Hall is a brick building. It was erected in 1781 and enlarged in 1840.
   
• Hawerby Hall was the residence and property of Theophilus John HARNEIS, JP and lord of the manor in 1900.
   
• This note was provided by Sheila Coy in April 2002: Hawerby Hall is on the A18 just near North Thoresby. In recent years it was run as a small hotel for women called the hen-house and was for a time pink. It is now white again and either for sale or recently sold.
   
• Nicola Pike adds this comment: It was a plague village and has a lot of superstition around the Hall.
   
• The Hall is listed Grade II with English Heritage.
   
• There is a photograph of Hawerby Hall on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2012.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF261968 (Lat/Lon: 53.453023, -0.102355), Hawerby cum Beesby 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.

• Second Lieutenant Frank Douglas SOWERBY of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars (Lancashire Fusiliers), age 29, was killed on the 8th of January, 1916 and is buried at Abbeville cemetery in France. His parents were Francis and Maud Elizabeth SOWERBY of Hawerby Hall.
   
• Digby Binney SOWERBY was born in nearby Ravendale in 1892. In April, 1911, he can be found at Hawerby Hall. During World War One, he served in France and Belgium. In 1917, the London Gazette reportss that he was temporarily commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Lincs. Regt. He died in Lincolnshire in 1974.
   
• There is also this entry from the parish records in the Archives: 1st Norfolks: Lieut E. L. WEST was killed in action on July 31st while bravely leading his men. Was a gallant officer, and much liked by both Officers and men, who greatly regret him. News of the sad event came to Mrs. WEST while she was staying at Hawerby Hall, Aug 5th. He leaves a little daughter. Lieut WEST came all the way from Canada to do his bit.
   
• The Lieut E. L. WEST, listed above, was actually a Captain, Edward Lynn WEST, of the Norfolk Rgt., 1st Btn., who died 1-Aug-1916 and was intured at Thiepval Memorial. He was the son of George and Margaret WEST, and the husband of Margaret WEST in Victoria, BC, Canada. There are discrepancies between the two listings, so they may in fact be two separate individuals.

• This place was ana ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish of Beesby was incorporated with Hawerby parish in 1450.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the Central 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 session hearings
   
• As a result of 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	70
1831	66
1851	85
1871	87
1881	82
1891	80
1901	69
1911	76

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