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13th Century Grimsby Seal
Sigillum comunitatis Grimebye,  the 13th century seal of Grimsby Corporation   Grim is to the centre, Havelok the Dane to the left and Princess Goldeburgh on the right


The historic fishing town of Great Grimsby together with the nearby seaside resort of Cleethorpes and the Lincolnshire Wolds have become our adopted home.

This web site is our personal record of the history and heritage of the area.  We may also occasionally touch on local people, events and culture.  Our hope is to promote a wider appreciation of Grimsby and its history and perhaps encourage others to research the history of their own home towns.

As time progresses there will be more pages on this site. To find things use the search box or the topic links.  Most pages will include images, you can hover over some images for a short description or click any image to see a larger version. 

 A quandary with sites such as this is that of depth versus breadth of coverage.  Our intention is to be broad and light while offering some material that's hard to find elsewhere.  We hope our approach will encourage you to conduct further research..  If some pages seem like a work in progress it's because that's just what they are.

 We also have a postcard collectors site  

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