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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Irby like this:
IRBY-UPON-HUMBER, a village and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln. The village stands near the Wolds, 5½ miles NE by E of Caistor, and 6 SW of Great Grimsby r. station. The parish comprises 1,811 acres; and its post town is Caistor. Real property, £2, 428. Pop., 235. Houses, 42. ...
The property and the manor are divided between the Earl of Yarborough and W. Haigh, Esq. The parish is a meet for the Broklesby hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £251.* Patron, alternately the Earl of Yarborough and W. Haigh, Esq. The church has a Norman nave and arches, and is very good.
Irby is now part of NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Irby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Irby, in North East Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12673
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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