Grainsby is a hamlet 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 authorit ...

in the East Lindsey

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...

, England. It is situated south from

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 L ...

, and just to the west from the

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. The nearest village is

North Thoresby North Thoresby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Louth and Grimsby, approximately from each. and has a village population of 1,068 (2011) Some 50.5% of the population is ...

, to the south-east. Grainsby church is dedicated to St Nicholas."Grainsby St Nicholas"
Achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 23 June 2013

Grainsby Hall

Grainsby Hall was a country estate close to Grainsby.Further information: In the 18th century Grainsby Hall was owned by the Nettleship-family. Francis Nettleship, who was the last member of the family, died in 1797. He left most of his property to his servant Elizabeth Borrell, who already owned land and the mansion house. When she died in 1826, the property was inherited by her niece Elizabeth Charlotte Borrell, who married William Haigh of Halifax in 1827. Their son was George Henry Haigh (1829-1887), the father of

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. In 1905 The Haigh-family arranged that a railway halt was built, 2 km from the Hall,

Grainsby Halt railway station Grainsby Halt was a Train station#Halt, railway halt on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the hamlet of Grainsby in Lincolnshire between 1905 and 1952. The station, which opened as part of a new motor train service between and , was o ...

on the

East Lincolnshire Railway The East Lincolnshire Railway was a main line railway linking the towns of Boston, Louth and Grimsby in Lincolnshire, England. It opened in 1848. The ELR ''Company'' had leased the line to the Great Northern Railway, and it was the latter whic ...

. The station closed in 1952. Grainsby Hall was demolished in 1972. The only part that now remains is a stable block, that is a Grade II listed building.

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. Retrieved 23 June 2013
"Listed Buildings in Grainsby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire"
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 25 April 2020

around 1965. Retrieved 25 April 2020
Grainsby Hall and Park
at Lincs to the past. Retrieved 24 April 2020 East Lindsey District Hamlets in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire {{Lincolnshire-geo-stub