Grimsby

Grimsby, Great, a Parliamentary and municipal borough, seaport, and market-town in Lincolnshire, 30 miles N.E. of Lincoln. It is situated at the mouth of the Humber, about 7 miles from the North Sea. The town, as the name denotes, dates from the period of the Danish occupation. It was a thriving port as far back as the reign of Edward III., and contributed ten ships to the siege of Calais. Since the construction of the new docks in 1849-58 it has become the chief fishing centre on the east coast. Cod and herrings are conveyed in large numbers to the great manufacturing towns by means of the Great Northern and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railways. The inhabitants are also engaged in ship-building, -and there are tanneries, breweries, and ropewalks.