Irby on Humber
- The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- In 1890, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2113 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2391 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3416 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2620 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
- The church was built in Norman times, with monuments dating to 1493.
- The church was restored in 1883.
- The church seats 120.
- John BEAL has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2007.
- Richard CROFT also has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2011.
- Here is a photo of St. Andrew's Church (Ron COLE retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
- The 1742 marriages were lost because a servant accidently burned them.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1884. For information and assistance in researching this chapel, see our non-conformist religions page.
- 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 allocated 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.
Irby upon Humber is both a parish and a village in northern Lincolnshire. Perhaps misnamed, the parish does not sit on the banks of the Humber. The parish lies 6 miles inland of Grimsby and is 6 miles north-east of Caistor. The parish covers about 1,800 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- At the east end of the village there are remains of an earthwork structure known to locals as "the Moat".
- Irby was the ancient seat of the HOLLES and MALET families.
- The national grid reference is TA 1904.
- 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.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the North Lindsey district of the county.
- District governance is provided by the North-East Lincolnshire Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
192 |
| 1831 |
263 |
| 1851 |
253 |
| 1871 |
189 |
| 1881 |
224 |
| 1891 |
193 |
| 1911 |
164 |
| 2001 |
122 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1867.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
Last updated on 15-October-2015
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