Barnoldby le Beck is a village and

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, It is situated just east of the A18 and is close to the village of Waltham and the town of

Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...

Etymology

The name Barnoldby le Beck has origins in the

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settlement of

. The affix ''by'' means a farm or settlement and is preceded by the modern phrasing of the personal name ''Bjǫrnulfr''. While ''le beck'' reflects the Scandinavian word ''bekkr'' which means ''stream''.

History

In the ''

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'', Barnoldby le Beck was a large village with 9 smallholders, 26 freeman, 12 ploughlands and a meadow of 200 acres. In 1066, the lord was Ralph the Staller, a constable of Edward the Confessor, and in 1086, the lord and tenant in chief was

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. Early land holders in the

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included the Abbot of Grimsby, John Yarborough and Geoffrey le Scrope. Following the

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of common lands in 1769 there were 12 landholders, including the Dashwood, Hewson and Bonsor families. In 1820, the population of the village was 230, 232 in 1831, and in 1851 it was 269. In 1855, the lord of the manor was B. Auningson and Miss Eleanor Tupling was the landlady of the ''Ship'' inn.

Church of St Helen's

The earliest surviving parts of the church date to the 13th century with later additions over the next 200 years. Renovations took place in 1839 and, by

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, in 1892. In 1901–2, the porch and tower were rebuilt. A font bowl in the south aisle, dates to the 11th or 12th century. Following the

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, Anthony Harewood, the

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rector of the church of St. Helen's was replaced by a

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minister at the direction of the Earl of Manchester. The appointment of the new minister divided the village's inhabitants and some became early

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following a visit by a missionary for

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. In 1855, the living of the rectory was in the gift of the Chapter of Southwell Collegiate church and worth £200. The incumbent at that time was Rev. H. M. Beecher. The village also had Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.

Community

The population of the parish in the 2011

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was 346 residents. The village

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is th
Ship Inn
situated on Main Road.

Notable people

* John Beecham Methodist writer * Andrew Osmond diplomat and co-founder of Private Eye was born here *Roland Bellamy, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1971 lived here

Gallery

References

External links

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Church services at St. Helen's
* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Borough of North East Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire