Crosby was a small hamlet which has grown into a suburb in the north of

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, and the county's third most populous settlement after Lincoln, England, Lincoln and Grimsby, with a population of 81,286 in 2021. It is the administrative centre and largest settleme ...

, in the

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district, in the ceremonial county of

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, England. Remnants of the old hamlet can be found in Old Crosby. The Anglican Parish Church is St George's Church, Crosby. Located on the corner of Digby Street and Frodingham Road, it was designed by the architect H.C. Corlette. Construction of the church began in 1924 and the building was consecrated in 1926. Its former clergy includes (John Harvard)

Christopher Laurence John Harvard Christopher Laurence (15 April 1929 - 21 February 2025) was an English Anglican clergyman who was Archdeacon of Lindsey from 1985 until 1994. Laurence was educated at Christ's Hospital, Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Westcott House, C ...

who was Archdeacon Of Lindsey from 1985 to 1994. The Crosby Angel War Memorial is located on the corner of Frodingham Road and Sheffield Street West in the grounds of the former Crosby Primary School. It is inscribed with the names of 60 men from the area who died in World War One. The actress Liz Smith was born in Crosby in 1921.Liz Smith gets MBE
This Is Scunthorpe, 14 July 2009.

History

Crosby was formerly a

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

in the parishes of Flixborough and Frodingham, in 1866 Crosby became a separate

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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, on 1 October 1919 the parish was abolished to form "Scunthorpe and Frodingham", part also went to Flixborough. In 1911 the parish had a population of 3339. From 1889 to 1974 it was in the administrative county of the

Parts of Lindsey The Parts of Lindsey are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county. The Isle of Axholme, which is on the west side of the River Trent, has normally formed part of it. The district's name origina ...

. From 1974 to 1996 it was in the county of

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. Until 1996 it was in

district.

References

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