Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire

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Grimsby is a town in North East Lincolnshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Grimsby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Grimsby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Grimsby, or Great Grimsby, parl. and mun. bor., seaport, and par., N. Lincolnshire, near the mouth of r. Humber, 15 m. SE. of Hull and 155 m. from London -- parl. bor., 16,330 ac., pop. 45,351; mun. bor. and par., 1737 ac., pop. 28,503; 2 Banks, 4 newspapers.Market-day, Frid. Although Grimsby is an ancient town, much of its modern progress is due to its suitability as a fishing station for the North Sea fleets, and to the facilities offered by the railway for the conveyance of the fish to populous centres. Five Hull trawlers made the town their headquarters in 1858, and since that year it has become the most important fishing port in Britain. It has large docks, and conducts an important direct trade with the Continent. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) Shipbuilding, cordage mfr., flaxmills. tanneries, and breweries form leading industries. At NW. end of Middle Shoals, in mouth of Humber, is a light-vessel, with fixed light (Grimsby) seen 7 miles. The bor. returns 1 member to Parliament.

Grimsby in the Domesday Book

A village in Bradley hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

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