Roger Grainsby was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1421. He was mayor of the town in 1418–9, 1425–6, and 1433–4. [1] [2]
North Thoresby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Louth and Grimsby, approximately 7.5 miles (12 km) from each. and has a village population of 1,068 (2011) Some 50.5% of the population is older than 60 years.
Great Grimsby is a constituency in North East Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since December 2019 by Lia Nici of the Conservative Party. Between 1918 and 1983 it was known simply as Grimsby; following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will incorporate the neighbouring town of Cleethorpes. As a consequence, it will be renamed Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, to be first contested at the next general election.
Utterby Halt was a railway halt on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the village of Utterby in Lincolnshire between 1905 and 1961. The station, which opened as part of a new motor train service between Grimsby Town and Louth, is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of a ganger killed on the level crossing in 1953. The line through Utterby remained open for freight until December 1980.
The East Lincolnshire Railway was a main line railway linking the towns of Boston, Alford, Louth and Grimsby in Lincolnshire, England. It opened in 1848. The ELR Company had leased the line to the Great Northern Railway, and it was the latter which constructed the line and operated it, as its East Lincolnshire Line.
Grainsby Halt was a railway halt on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the hamlet of Grainsby in Lincolnshire between 1905 and 1952. The station, which opened as part of a new motor train service between Grimsby and Louth, was opened to serve a Victorian hall situated 2 miles (3.2 km) to the west. The station, one of the smallest to be taken over by British Railways on nationalisation in 1947, never really justified its existence and closed in 1952 following a period of temporary closure during the Second World War. The line through Grainsby remained open for freight until December 1980.
Grainsby is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8 km) south from Grimsby, and just to the west from the A16 road. The nearest village is North Thoresby, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-east.
Melanie Onn is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she previously served as Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from September 2015 to June 2016 and Shadow Minister for Housing from July 2017 to March 2019. At the 2019 general election, she lost the seat to the Conservative candidate Lia Nici-Townend.
John Hesilden was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1391. He was a trader in the local speciality of cured herring.
Geoffrey Askeby was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1378, October 1383, and September 1388; and Mayor of Grimsby in 1381-2, 1383-4, and 1397-8.
Richard Misen was the member of Parliament and mayor of Great Grimsby in 1390.
Richard Barber was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1388 and mayor of that town.
John Kelby was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1393, 1397, 1402 and 1406, and the bailiff of that town for 1393–94.
William Welle was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in January and October 1377, 1385, and 1391.
Richard White was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1402.
William Hosier was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1404. He and his sons twice attempted to murder the Grimsby burgess William Welle, but succeeded only in wounding him.
William Fosse was an English lawyer and the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1407 and 1411. He served six terms as the mayor of the town.
Roger Dale was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1414, 1416, and 1421.
John Lufford was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1420.
John Miles was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1404.
Tristram Tyrwhitt was the member of Parliament for Huntingdon in 1571, Derby in 1572, and Great Grimsby in 1586 and 1589.