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The
Place-name & its Origins |
In
1183 Brigg was referred to as "Glandford"
& in 1318 "Glaunford Brigge".
Other
names - for the town include Glamfordbrigges.
The name - can be translated to "a
bridge".
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The
earliest references to the settlement in
Brigg sometimes known as Glanford Brigg
date as far back as the 12th century.
The
etymology of Glanford is unknown, but it
may perhaps be a corruption of Clamford,
from the clamps, or planks of timber, laid
down in ancient times across the ford and
its swampy approaches, where a good road
and strong stone bridge were subsequently
constructed. It is in some legal documents
and other writings called Glanford Briggs.
After the erection of the bridge, the town
obtained the name of Brigg. It was formerly
only a small fishing hamlet; but since the
improvement and the extension of the Ancholme
navigation, and the drainage of the cars
and marshes in the vale of that river, about
the commencement of the present century,
it has been continually increasing in trade,
commerce, buildings, and population. The
navigation was considerably improved in
1826, so as to admit vessels of 60 tons
burden as high as Bishop Bridge.....Entry
From White's Directory for 1842
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Population Through
The Years |
Year
- Population
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Year
- Population |
| 1801
- 1327
1811 - 1361
1821 - 1674
1831 - 1780
1841 - 1822
1851 - 2201
1861 - 1704
1871 - 1692
1881 - 1657
1891 - 1445 |
1901
- 1358
1911 - 3343
1921 - 3429
1931 - 4178
1941 - N/A
1951 - 4511
1961 - 4912
1971 - 4795
1981 - 5449
1991 - 5328 |
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