Brigsley is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in
North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire is a Unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. It borders the borough of North Lincolnshire and districts of West Lindsey and East Lindsey. The population of the district in the 2011 Census was ...
, England, and on the
B1203 road, south from
Waltham.
According to the
2001 Census its population was 370, reducing to 355 at the 2011 Census.
Brigsley
Grade II
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listed
Anglican
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parish church is dedicated to
St Helen. It is 11th century with later additions, 1796 alterations, and 19th and 20th century restorations. It has a
Norman
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Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
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tower with an
Early English nave
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and
chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
Ove ...
.
[Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 81; Methuen & Co. Ltd]
References
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Villages in Lincolnshire
Borough of North East Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire