The name
The name of Brumby is possibly Danish in origin and references to it date back as far as the Domesday Book. The Danish origins suggest "Brunnr" and "bi" meaning "the farm settlement at the burne stream" - the stream being a small beck running from Brumby woods.
Another suggestion though is that the name comes from the Old Norse meaning "Bruni's farmstead".
More detailed information can be found in:
Emminson, T. B. F. The Place and River Names of the West Riding of Lindsey Lincolnshire. 1934.
Cameron, Keith The Place-Names of Lincolnshire
(Available in North Lincolnshire Local Studies Library).
The place
Brumby was one of the five villages which were later incorporated to form Scunthorpe and was originally of more importance than Scunthorpe itself. During the nineteenth century Brumby had several new buildings including its own Wesleyan chapel which opened in 1884. The earliest mention of a hall at Brumby dates from around 1390 but there may well have been a significant building there long before this.