Grasby is a parish and a village, which lies a little off the high road from Brigg to Caistor, 2 ¼ 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 Caistor, 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 13^th 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 £220, 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. 
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. The soil is various; sub-soil, clay, sand and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, market garden produce and turnips. The area is 1,089 acres; rateable value, £1381; population in 1911, 373.

Parish Clerk. J. R. Frankish.
Post, M. O. & T. Office - Sidney O. Sumner, sub-postmaster, Letters arrive from Lincoln at 7.25 am. & dispatched at 5.45pm.; no delivery of letters on Sundays.

Public Elementary (non-provided) School (mixed). Rebuilt in 1855 & enlarged in 1897, for 140 children; average attendance 100; Elton E. Wescott, master.
The motor omnibus, running between Caistor & Grimsby, passes through here daily, including Sunday. Carriers - George Clark, to Brigg , thurs & to Caistor, sat; William King, to Brigg , thurs. & to Grimsby, irregularly; George Roskilly, to Grimsby, mon & fri
Workman Rev. Arthur William, M.A. (vicar & diocesan inspector of schools) Vicarage

Clark George, carrier
Coupland Charles, farmer
Dudding Henry, farmer
Frankish John B., carpenter, assistant overseer & parish clerk
Frankish Sarah Alice (Mrs). shoemaker
Frow Charles Henry, tailor
Good Amos, pork butcher
Hall Charles, farmer, White House Farm
Hasnip Frederick A. blacksmith
Hatcliff William, farmer
Keighley Robert, farmer
King William, jobmaster
Lacey James, lime burner

Linford Nash, cottager
Markham George William, farmer, The Hall House
Markham Phillip, farmer, Bentley House
Middleton Sophia (Mrs), farmer
Milson George, butcher & cattle dealer
Roskilly George, Cross Keys P.H.
Sellers Thomas, cowkeeper
Smith Edwin, miller (wind) & farmer
Spolton Samuel, beer retailer
Urry & Sons, threshing machine owner
Urry George Robert, grocer & draper,
Post Office
Ward Martha A. (Mrs), grocer
Wilmore William, farmer

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