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.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Irby, in and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12673
Date accessed: 04th July 2024
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