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Barnetby-Le-Wold - North Lincolnshire |
Barnetby-Le-Wold
is situated on the northern edge
of the Lincolnshire Wolds within the only
East-West gap which cuts through the Wolds
it became an important junction for the
railways that cross the county.
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The
Location - on
the northern edge of the Lincolnshire
Wolds approximately eight miles south
of the River Humber.
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The
Place-name & its Origins |
The
Doomsday Book (1086) referred
to the village as "Bernodebi".
Other
names - for the village include
Bernedebi, Bernetebi & Bernetteby.
The
name - can be translated to 'farmstead
or village of a man named Beornnoth'.
-by
- farmstead, village - (Old Norse
- by)
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There is a Weslyan chapel, built in 1879,
and a Primitive Methodist chapel, built
in 1855, and rebuilt in 1893. Michael Emerson's
charity consists of 10 acres of .
...[Entry
From Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
Here is a Lodge of the Ancient Order of
Druids. Henry Monk Foster esq. of Stonecroft,
Barnetby, who is lord of the manor, the
Earl of Yarborough P.C. and the trustees
of T. T. Havercroft esq. are the principal
landowners.
...[Entry
From Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
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Population Through
The Years |
Year
- Population
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Year
- Population |
| 1801-
211
1811 - 273
1821 - 316
1831 - 532
1841 - 679
1851 - 845
1861 - 828
1871 - 773
1881 - 849
1891 - 926 |
1901-
1144
1911 - 1552
1921 - 1626
1931 - 1471
1941 - N/A
1951 - 1292
1961 - 1279
1971 - 1422
1981 - 1454
1991 - 1444 |
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The church of St. Mary, situated on an eminence
on the site of an earlier church, is an
edifice of stone, chalk and brick, in the
Early English style, and consists of chancel,
nave and a low square western tower containing
3 bells: the south wall and other portions
are Saxon, and the church contains a curious
and ancient leaden font, of the Norman period,
1 foot 7 inches in height and 2 feet wide,
and adorned externally with three bands
of arabesque-like scroll work, cast in relief:
in the south wall is a small window with
a horse- shoe arch, above which is carved
the figure of an animal: there is a tablet
to Robert Kilk, obt. 1653: another, erected
in 1891 by local subscription, to the late
Rev. Frederick Thomas Harcourt Chambers,
curate here 1889-90, and an oval marble
tablet to the Rev. Benjamin Street, a former
vicar.
...[Entry
From Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
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Whistle
& Flute
Railway Street
Barnetby
DN38 6DG
Tel:01652 688238
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Map
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Railway
Inn
28 Kings Rd
Barnetby
DN38 6HJ
Tel: 01652
688284
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