Stallingborough
- The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- In an 1890 re-organisation, the Grimsby sub-district became its own Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2391 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3417 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2620 |
- The present Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
- The church was built in 1780 at the west end of the village. It replaced an earlier structure.
- The church seats 200.
- There is a photograph of Saints Peter and Paul Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Paul GLAZZARD has a photograph of St Peter & St Paul Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2008.
- Here is a photo of Saints Peter and Paul Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish registers date from 1588 (another source gives 1562).
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1871.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had chapel here by 1872. For more information on researching these chapels, 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 an 1890 re-organisation, the Grimsby sub-district became its own Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Stallingborough is a village and a parish on the south bank of the Humber River just above Grimsby and 159 miles north of London. Immingham parish lies to the north and Healing parish to the south. The parish covers just over 4,500 acres and includes the hamlet of Little London.
If you are planning a visit:
- In 1900, Stallingborough had a lighthouse and a Coast Guard station on the shore.
- The parish was prime grazing land for many centuries.
- The AYSCOUGH family were long seated here, but by 1840 only the ruin of the west wing of their mansion still remained. The name is also spelled as AYSCUGH, AYSCOUGE and ASKEW.
- The national grid reference is TA 1911.
- 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.
- David WRIGHT has a photograph of a Commonwealth War Grave from World War I on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2005.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county 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 district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the North Lindsey district.
- You can contact the Stallingborough Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT funded to assist you with family history searches.
- For today's district governance, visit the North-East Lincolnshire District Council site.
- After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
- In 1890, the parish was transfered to the newly established Grimsby Poor Law Union, which built a new Workhouse on 9th October 1894.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Grimsby petty session hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
274 |
| 1831 |
366 |
| 1851 |
516 |
| 1871 |
461 |
| 1881 |
483 |
| 1891 |
449 |
| 1911 |
469 |
- A Church of England School was built here in 1847 and enlarged in 1887.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
Last updated on 27-September-2015
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