Great Limber (Limber Magna)

Census

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The parish was the home of a Norman priory, under the Abbey of L'Aulnay in Normandy. It was built before 1180.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1875.
  
  
• The church seats 350.
  
  
• The lych gate to the churchyard was built in 1912 in memory of John MAUNSELL-RICHARDSON.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Peter's church on the Wendy PARKINSON web site under "Yet More Lincolnshire".
  
  
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Peter's church on Geo-graph, taken on a sunny day in March, 2006.
  
  
• Here are two photographs of St. Peter's, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1562.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1841. This chapel was sold and converted to a residence prior to 2005. The Wesleyans built a new chapel in 1882. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• David WRIGHT has a photograph of the old Wesleyan Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2006.
  
  
• David WRIGHT also has a photograph of the new Wesleyan Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2006.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Great Limber or Limber Magna is both a village and a parish about 10 miles east of Brigg and 10 miles west of Grimsby. Brocklesby parish is to the north and Clixby parish to the south. The Humberside International Airport is just to the north-west. The parish covers almost 5,200 acres.

Much of the village is part of a county Conservation Area, If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A18 east out of Brigg, It passes right through Great Limber.
  
  
• Stop in at the Village Hall on Church Lane and get a schedule of current events. Here's a photograph of the Hall on Geo-graph, taken by Paul GLAZZARD in July, 2008. Bring your kids and their toy sailboats!
  
  
• See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 1308.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Military History

• In 1871, the village was the headquarters of the 1st Lincolnshire Light Horse Volunteers, which had 75 members. The Earl of Yarborough was the Captain-Commandant; William THOROLD, Lieutenant; W. RICHARDSON, trumpeter; G. W. GORDON, trumpeter; and Sergeant Thomas Wm. SMITH, Drill Instructor.
  
  
• In 1881, the village was still the headquarters of the 1st Lincolnshire Light Horse Volunteers, which had 78 members. The Earl of Yarborough was the Captain-Commandant; John M. RICHARDSON and W. SWALLOW, Lieutenants; and Sergeant-Major MURDOCK, Drill Instructor.
  
  
• The RAF had an airfield here in World War II, but it was what is called a "Q-site", used to decoy German planes into attacking dummy targets while taking anti-aircraft fire. There is a report of a crash by an RAF plane here in August, 1942, but that is not confirmed as yet by written sources.
  
  
• In 1930, Brig.-General Cuthbert Gurney HOARE, C.M.G. lived in the parish. He was a Sandhurst graduate (bottom of his class!) and a member of the landed gentry who joined the army in 1901. Near the end of World War I he was posted to Canada to start a program tarining Canadian pilots for the military.
  
  
• During the invasion fears of 1940, the Brocklesby park mausoleum just north of the village was used as a secret signal station for auxiliary units who would resist the Germans. David WRIGHT has a photograph of the Mausoleum on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2007.
  
  
• David WRIGHT has a photograph of the interesting War Memorial inside the church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2010.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• In 1626, Mr. Robert SMITH left 10 acres of land at Cadney-cum-Housham to generate rent revenue for the poor. The money was given as clothes and coal.
  
  
• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Caistor petty session hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	345
1811	357
1831	451
1841	480
1871	541
1881	489
1891	530
1901	498
1911	483

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Schools

• In this parish are the Brocklesby Park Schools, first built in 1849 by the Earl Yarborough. These schools serve the parishes of Brocklesby, Keelby, Kirmington and Habrough.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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