Habrough (Haburgh)
- The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- In 1890, the parish was reassigned to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
- We have a handful of 1901 census surnames in a text file. Your additions are welcome.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census Year |
Piece No. |
1841 |
H.O. 107 / 636 |
1861 |
R.G. 9 / 3391 |
1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3417 |
1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2620 |
1901 |
R.G. 13 / 3097 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret.
- The church tower was restored in 1684.
- The church was rebuilt in 1869 using Kirton and Ancaster stone.
- The church seats 175 people.
- The church is located across the A180 trunk road from the village.
- There is a photograph of St. Margaret's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- David WRIGHT has a photograph of Habrough Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2005.
- Jonathan THACKER also has a photograph of Habrough Church on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2011.
- Here is a photo of St. Margaret's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1538.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the rural deanery of North Grimsby.
- The Society of Genealogists has parish register copies for: bapt. 1538-1610 1654-73 1678-89 1694-1811; Mar. 1538-1603 1653-73 1678-89 1694-1836; Bur. 1538-1601 1653-88 1696-1811; Mon. Insc. 1754-1812 [71]; 1813-37 [65]; 1813-1900.
- The Family History Library hold microfilm copies of the Bishops Transcripts from 1561 to 1833.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here, rebuilt in 1869. The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel here, rebuilt in 1873. For more on these chapels and their records, check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- In 1890, the parish was reassigned to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Habrough is both a village and a triangular-shaped parish on the eastern side of the Wolds, 3 miles inland from the River Humber, 163 miles north of London, 9 miles north-east of Caistor, just west of Immingham and just south of Killingholme. The parish covered about 2,330 acres prior to 1887, 1,622 after that.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A180 trunk road from the north side of Grimsby and head west about 10 miles. Turn south at the B1210 arterial road and you'll be in Habrough village.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- The village is still on the railline established in the 1800s by the Great Central railway. Habrough railway station serves the village of Habrough and the town of Immingham.
- The national grid reference is TA 1514.
- 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.
- The name Habrough is found in many old records as "Haburgh".
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the East division of the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the Central Lindsey (or North Lindsey) district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the North Lindsey of the county, as does the 1913 edition.
- In 1887, a detached part of Habrough was added to Immingham parish.
- District governance is provided by the North-East Lincolnshire Council.
- In 1773, Thomas HICKS left a bequest of 10 shillings per year from a rent-charge for the poor.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
- In an 1890 reorganisation, this parish was allocated to the new Grimsby Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Barton-on-Humber petty session hearings.
Year |
Inhabitants |
1801 |
275 |
1811 |
245 |
1821 |
286 |
1831 |
313 |
1841 |
334 |
1871 |
394 |
1881 |
391 |
1891 |
343 |
1901 |
344 |
1911 |
396 |
1921 |
411 |
2001 |
649 |
- A Board Schools was built in 1876 to hold up to 180 children, but average attendance was about half that.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
Last updated on 22-April-2015
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