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1856
GRASBY, a village and parish, 5 miles E. by S. of Brigg, and 3 miles N.W. of Caistor, has 455 souls, and 1728 acres of land, partly on the western acclivity of the Wolds. The Rev. Charles Turner is lord of the manor and patron and incumbent of this vicarage, but part of the parish belongs to the Burkinshaw, West, and other families. J J Burkinshaw is impropriator of the rectory. The Church (All Saints) is in the early English style, and its north aisle was rebuilt by the present vicar. In 1850, when the rest of the fabric was repaired, and a handsome Vicarage House was built, at the cost of £1200, partly obtained from Queen Anne's Bounty. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £5. 17s. 8d., and now at £200, has 110 acres of glebe, partly allotted at the enclosure, when 62 acres were awarded to this rectory, which was appropriated to Birstall Abbey, in Holderness, by the Earl of Albemarle, in 1115. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1840, and a Primitive Methodist chapel erected in 1841. The parish school was rebuilt in 1855. The poor parishioners have a yearly rent-charge of 40s., left by Samuel Faulding, about 1720, out of land now belonging to Mr. Burkinshaw. Much of the parish is occupied by non-resident farmers.
Barkworth Barnabas, tailor
Barkworth Joshua, tailor and shopkeeper
Burkinshaw Joseph John Esq.
Curtis Thomas victualler Cross Keys
Drayton Thomas, blacksmith
Frankish John, wheelwright
Hand Peter, shopkeeper and smith
Johnson Thomas, shopkeeper and coal dealer
King Robert, beerhouse
King Lorenza, Samuel, and Robert jun, pig jobbers
Knight John, shoemaker
Lowe William, wheelwright
Mills Solomon, bricklayer
Raby Benjamin, corn miller
Thompson William, tailor and shopkeeper
Turner Rev Charles B.A., Vicarage
Winship James, shoemaker
Winter Charles and Mrs. School
Post from Brigg
Carrier - Henry Ward to Caistor, Brigg and Barton
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