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1900
Grasby is a parish and a village, which lies a little off the high road from Brigg to Caistor, 2 miles north-east from the North Kelsey station on the Lincoln and Cleethorpes branch of the Great Central (late M. S. and L.) railway, 3 north-north-west from Caistor, and 6 south-east from Brigg, in the North Lindsey division of the county, parts of Lindsey, south division of Yarborough wapentake, Caistor, petty sessional division, union and county court district, and in the rural deanery of Yarborough No. 2,, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln.
The church of All Saints is an edifice of Kirton and Normanby stone, in the Gothic style of the 13th century, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch, organ chamber, vestry and western tower with spire containing a clock and 4 bells, two of which were added in 1869, as memorials respectively to Henry Selwood esq, and to Elizabeth (ffytche) wife of the Rev. George Clayton Tennyson, rector of Somersby from 1806, and mother of Lord Tennyson: one of the two remaining bells is dated 1500; the clock was regilded and repaired in 1918; the east window is stained and there is a memorial to the Rev. Charles Turner B.A. vicar here from 1835, and his wife, erected by Lord Tennyson: the north aisle was rebuilt in 1850, and the remainder of the church in 1869, under the direction of Charles Buckeridge esq. Architect; the organ was built in 1883 at a cost of £145; there are 156 sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1653; that of marriages from 1754. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £235, including 160 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Lord Tennyson, an held since 1892 by the Rev. Arthur William Workman MA of St John's College, Cambridge, and diocesan inspector of schools for the rural deanery of Yarborough No. 2.
The Wesleyan chapel here was built in 1840, and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1841, enlarged in 1862 and rebuilt in 1893. There is no lord of the manor. Lord Tennyson K.C.M.G., Jonas Webb esq., William and Thomas Falkner Allison esqrs., of Louth, and Sir Franklin Lushington M.A. of Templehurst, Southborough, Kent are the principal land-owners. The soil is various; sub-soil, clay, sand and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, and turnips. The area is 1,189 acres; rateable value, £1379; population in 1891, 347.
Parish Clerk. J. R. Frankish.
Post, M. O. & T.O., T.M.O. Express Delivery, Parcel Post, S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office - George Barker, sub-postmaster, Letters arrive from Lincoln at 8 am. & dispatched at 5.20pm.
National School (mixed). Rebuilt in 1855 & enlarged in 1897, for 150 children; Elton E. Wescott, master. Miss H. Good assistant mistress; Mrs E. E. Wescott, infants mistress.
Carriers - George Clark and Joseph Lacey, to Brigg , thurs & to Caistor, sat..
Police Constable William Rook.
Workman Rev. Arthur William, M.A. (vicar & diocesan inspector of schools) Vicarage
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