Barnoldby le Beck is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, It is situated just east of the A18 and is close to the village of Waltham and the town of Grimsby.

Etymology

The name Barnoldby le Beck has origins in the Norse settlement of North East Lincolnshire. The affix by means a farm or settlement and is preceded by the modern phrasing of the personal name Bjǫrnulfr. While le beck reflects the Scandinavian word bekkr which means stream.

History

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Barnoldby le Beck was a large village with 9 smallholders, 26 freeman, 12 ploughlands and a meadow of 200 acres. In 1066, the lord was Ralph the Staller, a constable of Edward the Confessor, and in 1086, the lord and tenant in chief was Alan Rufus.

Early land holders in the Middle Ages included the Abbot of Grimsby, John Yarborough and Geoffrey le Scrope.

Following the Enclosure of common lands in 1769 there were 12 landholders, including the Dashwood, Hewson and Bonsor families. and in 1851 it was 269.

In 1855, the lord of the manor was B. Auningson and Miss Eleanor Tupling was the landlady of the Ship inn.

Following the English Civil War, Anthony Harewood, the Royalist rector of the church of St. Helen's, was replaced by a Puritan minister at the direction of the Earl of Manchester.

The village public house is the Ship Inn, situated on Main Road.

Barnoldby Orange Miss

Osmond & Sons, farmers based in Barnoldby le Beck, were well known for their prize-winning herd of Herefords

Barnoldby Orange Miss, named for the village and bred here, was voted supreme champion Hereford Heifer at the Royal Smithfield Show in Earls Court, London and was presented to the Queen along with Ray Osmond on 7 December 1965.

==Notable people==<!---only for people with their own article on the English Wikipedia--->

  • John Beecham, Methodist writer
  • Andrew Osmond, diplomat and co-founder of Private Eye, was born here
  • Rex Critchlow, architect

References

  • Church services at St. Helen's