History Brigg

discovery of iron age dugout in 1886.

the area of present-day brigg has been used thousands of years both crossing point of ancholme , access river itself. prehistoric boats of sewn–built , dugout construction have been found in town, both dating around 900 bc. causeway or jetty stood on riverside during late bronze age, although exact use uncertain.

during anglo-saxon period area became known glanford. second element of name not disputed, origin of first element unclear. possibly derived old english gleam meaning joy or revelry, , full word interpreted ford sports held . suggestion first element refers glamping track—a walkway formed placing interlocking planks or logs on boggy ground—and describes ford crossed in manner. third possibility means smooth ford although etymology not specified.

glanford brigg founded new town @ crossing place of ancholme before 1183, first mention being pipe roll entry year. town s formal charter weekly market , yearly fair date royal grant hugh nevil in 1205, in founder s name given father–in–law stephen de camera. fair began on 25 july—the feast of saint james—and continued 3 days afterward. grant of market , fair subsequently reconfirmed hugh s son ernisius in 1235. second part of town s full name dates time, coming new bridge built replace existing ford across river. non-standard form of brigg due influence old norse bryggja, although describes jetty or quay here refers bridge. name of place spelt glawemfordbrigge in lincolnshire, appears in 1418.

brigg sat @ meeting point of 4 parishes (broughton, kettleby, scawby , wrawby), although lay in last, , officially regarded part of village. in 1190s, lord of manor of broughton, adam paynel, founded hospital poor within town. several small chapels existed during medieval times, hospital , chapel founded william tyrwhitt in 1441. however, dissolution of monasteries in 1536–41 affected hospitals , chapels, leaving town without ecclesiastical coverage except parish church in nearby wrawby.

brigg marketplace in 1836

due strategic position, brigg fortified royalist forces during civil war. after battle of winceby in 1643, parliamentarian forces attacked , seized garrison on way relieve siege of hull. sir john nelthorpe, local landowner had been member of parliament during protectorate, bequeathed of estate in 1669 foundation , maintenance of free school in town. 4 other local gentlemen established chapel of ease in bigby street in 1699, restoring church presence in town after 150 years of absence.

the town substantially improved , rebuilt in late 1700s , 1800s, partly through demands of elwes family, largest landowner in town. old town hall—now known buttercross—was built in 1817. later, in 1842–43, existing chapel of ease replaced full–sized church dedicated st john evangelist, , cemetery established on wrawby road in 1857, following significant controversy on burial of non–conformists. brigg s ecclesiastical parish established in 1872, separating town wrawby, incorporating neighbouring parts of scawby, broughton, , bigby parishes.

a workhouse built @ east end of town in 1835, , responsibility of glanford brigg poor law union. architect william adams nicholson designed similar building in lincoln, , replaced earlier alms house dating 1701. workhouse @ brigg 1 of best known , best documented of type, because of national interest arose after percy grainger collected traditional songs inmates. infirmary later built attached workhouse, , portion remained open hospital until 1991.