The name
First recorded in 1086 as Bernodebi, the present spelling of Barnetby can be roughly translated as 'farmstead or village of a man named Beornnoth'. The 'Le Wold' affix does not occur until relatively recently, in or around 1824 and of course refers to the village's location on the northern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds.
More information can be found in:
- Eminson, T.B.F. Place and River Names of the West Riding of Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
- Mills, A.D. A Dictionary of English Place Names.
The place
Barnetby Le Wold is situated at the northern end of the Lincolnshire Wolds approximately eight miles south of the River Humber. An important railway centre the station opened for goods in 1848 and passengers in 1849 as part of the Market Rasen to Grimsby line. Of more significance was the opening, in 1866, of the line from Keadby Junction over the River Trent via Scunthorpe as part of the Trent Ancholme and Grimsby Railway. with the opening of this line and the growth in traffic as a result Barnetby's status as an operating junction quickly grew.
Declared redundant in 1972 St Mary's church is said to have lost its steeple when Oliver Cromwell's men shot it down. the new church, St Barnabas, was built by Wilfred Bond and completed in 1927.
Population history
| Year |
Population |
|
1801 |
211 |
|
1811 |
273 |
|
1821 |
316 |
|
1831 |
532 |
|
1841 |
679 |
|
1851 |
845 |
|
1861 |
828 |
|
1871 |
773 |
|
1881 |
849 |
|
1891 |
926 |
|
1901 |
1144 |
|
1911 |
1552 |
|
1921 |
1626 |
|
1931 |
1471 |
|
1941 |
N/A |
|
1951 |
1292 |
|
1961 |
1279 |
|
1971 |
1422 |
|
1981 |
1454 |
|
1991 |
1444 |
Entry from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900
Barnetby-Le-Wold is a parish and village, with a station on the main line of the Great Central railway, at the junction of the branches to Lincoln and Doncaster; it is 3.5 miles east from Brigg, 15.5 west from Grimsby and 196 from London, in the North Lindsey division of the county, parts of Lindsey, south division of Yarborough Wapentake, Brigg union, petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Yarborough No. 1, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Mary, situated on an eminence on the site of an earlier church, is an edifice of stone, chalk and brick, in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave and a low square western tower containing 3 bells: the south wall and other portions are Saxon, and the church contains a curious and ancient leaden font, of the Norman period, 1 foot 7 inches in height and 2 feet wide, and adorned externally with three bands of arabesque-like scroll work, cast in relief: in the south wall is a small window with a horse- shoe arch, above which is carved the figure of an animal: there is a tablet to Robert Kilk, obt. 1653: another, erected in 1891 by local subscription, to the late Rev. Frederick Thomas Harcourt Chambers, curate here 1889-90, and an oval marble tablet to the Rev. Benjamin Street, a former vicar: there are 270 sittings. The register dates from the year 1753. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £281, including 235 acres of glebe, with residence is the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Charles Frederick Brotherton M.A., L.Th. of Durham University. There is a Weslyan chapel, built in 1879, and a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1855, and rebuilt in 1893. Michael Emerson's charity consists of 10 acres of land in North Kelsey, producing annually the sum of £10, for apprenticing poor boys. Here is a Lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids. Henry Monk Foster esq. of Stonecroft, Barnetby, who is lord of the manor, the Earl of Yarborough P.C. and the trustees of T. T. Havercroft esq. are the principal landowners. The soil is limestone and sand; subsoil, marl. The chief crops are wheat, turnips and barley. The area is 2,576 acres of land and 8 of water; rateable value, £8,385; the population in 1891 was 926.
Holdings in North Lincolnshire Local Studies Library
- Wilkyn, N. and Barnetby WEA - 'All Things Forgotten' Village Life in Barnetby in the 16th and 17th Centuries. 1999.
- Barnetby WEA - 'Aspects of the History of Barnetby-Le-Wold 1766-1901'. 1983.
References in the Star Newspaper Index
- Serious water shortage, due to drought LS 13.12.1913 4d.
- Woman porter at station LS 24.7.1915 2d.
- Schools closed due to mumps epidemic LS 3.2.1917 2e.
- Wooden church to be built LLS 19.5.1900 4d