Brocklesby
| Brocklesby | |
 All Saints church, Brocklesby |
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  Brocklesby Brocklesby shown within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TA 143 112 |
|---|---|
| - London | 144 mi (232 km) S |
| District | West Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Grimsby |
| Postcode district | DN41 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Gainsborough |
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Brocklesby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) south from Habrough, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west from Immingham, close to the border of both North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, and near Humberside International Airport.
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 124.[2]
The parish includes the settlement of Limber Parva (or Little Limber) which lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south-west, and is the site of a deserted medieval village, defined by earthworks and crop marks of crofts, hollow ways and rectilinear enclosures.[3][4]
Newsham Abbey was located to the north of the village in the hamlet of Newsham, now part of Brocklesby civil parish.[5][6]
Brocklesby has a railway station platform and buildings which are now private property.[7] The nearest railway station in current use is at Habrough.
Brocklesby Grade II listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.[8] It holds memorials to the Pelham family, particularly Charles Pelham, Lord Worsley, who was killed during the First World War.[9]
Community
The ecclesiastical parish is part of the Brocklesby Park group of parishes in the Deanery of Yarborough.[10][11]
Local democracy is run as a Parish meeting.[12]
References
- ↑ "Brocklesby". ordnance-survey-linked-data. Ordnance survey. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ↑ "Statistics about Brocklesby, West Lindsey". Lincolnshire research observatory. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ↑ "Little Limber", National Monuments Record, English Heritage. Retrieved April 2012
- ↑ "Little Limber: TA122103"; Gridreferencefinder.com. Retrieved 23 April 2012
- ↑ "Newsham Priory". Houses of Premonstratensian Canons. Victoria County History. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
- ↑ "Brocklesby (with Limber Parva)". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
- ↑ "First train through Brocklesby Station". Geograph project. Retrieved 22 October 2013. "First 185 148 passes in front of the glorious old station building, now a private house."
- ↑ "Church of All Saints", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage; retrieved 3 July 2011
- ↑ "All Saints Church, Brocklesby and the Church of St. Peter, Great Limber", ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather; retrieved 3 July 2011
- ↑ "Our Parishes". Brocklesby park group. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ↑ "Brocklesby DCC". Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ↑ "List of parish meetings". West Lindsey district council. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- "History of Brocklesby, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
External links
Media related to Brocklesby at Wikimedia Commons- "all 23 historical records for the parish". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 October 2013.