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Worlaby - North Lincolnshire |
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Worlaby
is one of five that lie on the road that
runs between the River Humber & Brigg.
The five villages, collectively known as
the "Low Villages" as they are
located along the foot of the North Lincolnshire
Wolds are Worlaby, Worlaby, Saxby-all-Saints,
Worlaby & South Ferriby.
The Village has a number
of interesting buildings including the
church of St Clement, Wesleyan and primitive
Methodist chapels, the vicarage.
You can also enjoy the River Ancholme as
well as taking in the spectacular views
of the Ancholme Valley from the Wolds.
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The
Location -
5
north-east from Brigg and 6 south-west from
Barton and 4 from Barnetby.
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The
Place-name & its Origins |
The
Doomsday Book (1086) referred to
the village as "Uluricebi" or
"Vluricebi".
Other names
- for the village include Wulfrikeby,
Wolrickby and Werliby.
The name
- can be translated to 'Wulfric's farmstead
or village'.
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The
church of St Clement, rebuilt in
1873-7, on the ancient site.
Here
is a well built hospital,
founded by John Bellasyse, Baron of Worlaby,
in the year 1663, for four poor women; it
is a structure of brick, in good preservation,
and under the control and direction of the
vicar and two trustees; each inmate receives
2s. per week.
.... [Entry
From Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900].
In
the centre of the village is a drinking
fountain, erected in 1873 by the
late Sir John Dugdale Astley bart. at a
cost of £100. In 1897 an oak
tree was planted on the village
green in commemoration of the Queen's Jubilee.
Sir Francis E G Astley-Corbett bart. of
Elsham Hall, is lord of the manor and chief
landowner.
..... [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
- 223
1811 - 228
1821 - 262
1831 - 309
1841 - 426
1851 - 500
1861 - 526
1871 - 557
1881 - 582
1891- 540
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1901 - 493
1911 - 477
1921 - 467
1931 - 462
1941 - N/A
1951 - 423
1961 - 295
1971 - 355
1981 - 433
1991 - 480
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The
church of St Clement, rebuilt in 1873-7,
on the ancient site, at a cost of £2,674,
defrayed by the trustees of the late T G
Corbett esq. is an edifice of stone, in
the Early English style, consisting of chancel,
nave, aisles, south porch and a western
tower with a small spire, containing a clock
and three bells: the piers, north aisle
window and tower arch are all either Saxon
or Norman and were carefully preserved and
reset: in the porch there is an ancient
tombstone, inscribed to a lady of the time
of James I. : the south-east window of the
chancel is a memorial to William and Thomas
Hesseltine, and was placed by William Hesseltine,
of Beaumont Cote, eldest son of the former,
and by the daughter of the latter: there
is an inscribed stone to John, 1st Baron
Bellasyse, of Worlaby, ob. 1689: the church
plate includes an ancient cup and cover
of hand-beaten silver, dated 1569. ....[entry
from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
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Church of St Clement
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