Stephen - Grimsby in Picture - Early History and Docks

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Here and over the next few pages I, Stephen youngest of the Tappin siblings, will build up a pictorial view of Grimsby (officially now known as Great Grimsby) proving it is not as Grim as some would believe!

First a very short history of early Grimsby:

- The Danes founded Grimsby during the 9th century probably around the time that they were attacking York.

- Originally called "Grims By" meaning Grim's village.

- By the time of the 1086 Doomsday Book it probably had a population of between 200 - 250.

- In the 12th century Grimsby had developed into a busy little fishing and trading port.

- In 1201 the town received it's Charter from King John.

The Town was in the original county of Lincolnshire on the north east coast of England but in 1974 was pushed into the infamous and short-lived county of Humberside as South Humberside. In 1996, to the delight of many, under more Local Government reorganisation, Grimsby became part of the new area of North East Lincolnshire (NE Lincs), officially a Unitary Authority but still within the historical County of Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes. NE Lincs comprises of the towns of Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham as well as a number of the surrounding villages.

Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

A pictorial representation of the Danes in Grimsby during the 9th century

Pictured here is Grim, popularly believed to be the founder of the town

Entering Grimsby Docks

Summer 2005

A view of the redundant Ice House - 2005

The not so busy Fish Dock - 2005

New use for the Docks, as a Marina - 2005

A small part of the film "Atonment" winner of the 2008 BAFTAs Best Film Award was filmed at the redundant Ice House (pictured above) which appears in the film as part of a World War 2 bombed French port.

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Early History and Docks (this page)

Peoples Park

River Freshney

Paddle Steamer Lincoln Castle

Two very different scenes than those above taken from Kath's postcard collection, the first shows the overcrowded docks during the fishermen's strike of 1901and the second is a scene from 1929.