The substantial house of the early seventeenth century was rebuilt in the first quarter of the eighteenth.

It was built for the Pelhams, owners of the largest Lincolnshire estate.

Substantial extensions were built in the nineteenth century, as shown in this photograph.

T R Leach Collection

More details about this house and its owners can be found in T R Leach's book, 'Lincolnshire Country Houses and their Families: Part 2', published by SLHA.  Buy a copy.

The main front of the house, facing east, has five bays. It is built of brick with stone detailing.

Rod Callow, 2004

View of the east and north facades of the house, reconstructed by Blomfield after the disastrous fire of 1898.

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This clock, on the gable end of the stable block, is the work of John Harrison of Barrow upon Humber.

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The L-shaped stable block to the east of the house retains its eighteenth and nineteenth century fittings.

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All Saints, Brocklesby, is a substantial building close to Brocklesby Hall, home of the Pelhams.

It is largely built of ironstone and dates from the Decorated period.

Inside are alabaster memorials to early Pelhams.

How one can gain access to this church is a mystery.

Mark Acton, 2014

All Saints, Brocklesby, is largely built of ironstone and dates from the Decorated period.

The north and south nave porches are eighteenth-century as is the spire.

Inside are alabaster memorials to early Pelhams.

How one can gain access to this church is a mystery.

July 2014

The south porch, midway along the nave, was added in the eighteenth-century.

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Church viewed from the south.

Kelly's Directory 1930 reports :-

"The church of All Saints is a building of stone, wholly in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a small embattled western tower with spire containing one bell:

the perfect symmetry of this church and the elegant flowing tracery of its windows make it one of the most beautiful examples of the style to be found in the neighbourhood:

in the chancel are some ancient monuments to the Pelham family, ancestors of the Earl of Yarborough, one of which commemorates William Pelham and 17 children (1629), all of whom are represented on the monument, together with several shields of arms:

there is also an earlier one to William Pelham (1587) and Eleanor his wife:

the east and four other windows in the chancel are stained, also one in the north and one in the south aisles:

the church was reroofed and thoroughly renovated in 1852 by Charles, second earl of Yarborough, and contains an organ removed from the dining room in Brocklesby Hall and dated 1773:

the Countess of Yarborough presented a handsome alabaster reredos in 1890:

there is a memorial to Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley, lieutenant Royal Horse Guards, who fell at Zandvoorde 30th Oct. 1914, aged 27, executed in alabaster and designed by C. S. Jagger esq. with the following inscription :- "Brave, courteous, loving and beloved; he died the noblest death a man can die, fighting for God and right and liberty, and such a death is immortality;"

there is also a memorial to those residents in Brocklesby and Little Limber who fell in the Great War, 1914-18, executed in alabaster and green marble:

in 1928 a memorial, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield R.A. and executed by William Reid Dick esq. R.A. was erected by the Earl of Yarborough, to Marcia, Countess of Yarborough, 7th Baroness Fauconberg and 13th Baroness Conyers (d. 1926):

there are 160 sittings" 

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Church viewed from the northeast.

White's Directory 1872 notes:-

"The Parish Church (All Saints) stands at Brocklesby, and is a handsome structure, with a lofty spire, and containing some ancient monuments of the Pelhams. It was new-roofed, re-pewed and thoroughly repaired in 1852. The chancel windows are richly ornamented with stained glass.

The rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 12s. 10d., was augmented with £200 of Q.A.B. in 1735. The rectory of Brocklesby and vicarage of Kirmington were consolidated in 1858, and both benefices are now worth about £479 per annum. The Earl of Yarborough is patron, and the Rev. John Henry Johnson, B.A., is the incumbent, and has a handsome rectory house, erected in Kirmington parish."

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Looking east towards the altar.

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Looking west through the chancel arch and into the nave beyond.

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Kelly's Directory 1930 notes "the Countess of Yarborough presented a handsome alabaster reredos in 1890"

"Blue and gold altar cloth dedicated to the 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment with plaque to the 10th Battalion"

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/91184  

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Doorway on the south side of the chancel. 

"A door, recut, but with a moulded surround and hoodmould"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165503?section=official-list-entry 

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A curious feature under the south side window in the sanctuary. Possibly a former piscina?

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Reading desk on the north side of the chancel.

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C19 roof.

Kelly's Directory 1930 notes "the church was reroofed and thoroughly renovated in 1852 by Charles, second earl of Yarborough"

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"Turned alter rails of c1700"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165503?section=official-list-entry 

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Looking across the churchyard towards the church itself.

White's Directory 1856 has :-

"The parish Church (All Saints,) stands at Brocklesby, and is a handsome structure, with a lofty spire, and containing some ancient monuments of the Pelhams. It was new-roofed, re-pewed, and thoroughly repaired in 1852. The chancel windows are richly ornamented with stained glass.

The rectory, valued in K.B, at £7. 12s. 10d., and now at £243, was augmented with £200 of Q.A.B. in 1736. The Earl of Yarborough is patron, and the Rev. R. C. N. Brackenbury is the incumbent, and has a handsome Rectory House, recently erected in Kirmington parish. After the death of either the present incumbents of Brocklesby rectory and Kirmington vicarage, the two benefices are to be consolidated."

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Lychgate at the southwest corner of the churchyard.

Church Guide notes report "Lych Gate put up by the Seventh Earl of Yarborough and his sister Lady Janet Douglas Pennant with estate labour from timbers cut on the Estate in Memory of the Sixth Earl and Countess of Yarborough. Like the font it was designed by Roger Pinckney"

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"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF MARCUS HERBERT SIXTH EARL OF YARBOROUGH

1893-1966

ALSO OF HIS WIFE PAMELA

1896-1968"

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"Superb late C17 lectern in the customary form of an eagle, but with the unusual embellishments of scrolly brackets and putti heads"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165503?section=official-list-entry 

Guide notes state that "The Eagle Lectern dates from the late seventeenth century and is of finely carved oak". 

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Memorial on the south wall of the chancel. Difficult to read but seems to relate to the Pelham family.

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Monument to Charles Alfred Worsley, the 4th Earl of Yarborough (1859-1936).

Mark Acton, 2016

Monument to Marcia, Countess of Yarborough (died 1926).

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Monument to Sir William Pelham (died 1578).

Mark Acton, 2016

A second view of the monument.

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Church Notes comment "There is a fine monument to Sir William Pelham, the founder of the Brocklesby line who was one of Queen Elizabeth the First's great military commanders. It shows Sir William and two sons wearing armour and ruffs, another small boy with a skull on a cushion, and Sir William's wife and three daughters dressed in flowing gowns and fine ruffs."

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Armorial achievement above the monument.

Church Notes comment "On the shield at the top is the Buckle which is the Pelham Badge. The significance of this symbol lies with Sir John Pelham who is buried at Robertsbridge in Sussex. Sir John fought bravely at Poitiers and captured King John of France. As a reward for his courtesy to the King he was given the right to wear the King's Buckle as a badge of honour."

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The tomb of Sir William Pelham (died 1629).

Mark Acton, 2016

An alabaster monument for Sir William Pelham, who died in 1629. In front and slightly lower is an effigy of his wife. Below are sixteen kneeling children.

Rod Callow, 2004

Detail of the tomb of Sir William Pelham (died 1629).

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Armorial achievement on the western end of the monument.

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Church Notes comment "the father with eight grown up sons and two young boys and his wife with two grown up daughters, two maids with skulls and three babies in swaddling clothes."

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Detail at the eastern end of the monument. Pelham pelican with its tail outspread. 

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Looking east towards the C14 chancel arch.

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Looking west towards the organ.

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Looking east towards the C14 chancel arch.

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"Font is of marble and dated 1948"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165503?section=official-list-entry 

Made by Roger Pinckney from polished Ancaster stone.

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Inscription inside the font cover :-

"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF COLONEL SACKVILLE GEORGE PELHAM 5TH EARL OF YARBOROUGH BARON FAUCONBERG AND CONYERS M.C.

SERVED WITH XIP.A.O.HUSSARS 1910-1919 AND THROUGHOUT THE FIRST WORLD WAR. COMMANDED THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ~ SHERWOOD RANGERS YEOMANRY 1936-1940

DEPARTED THIS LIFE 7TH FEBRUARY. 1948 AGED 59 YEARS

FOR MERCY COURAGE KINDNESS MIRTH. THERE IS NO MEASURE UPON EARTH. FOR THE SPIRIT BORN TO BLESS LIVES BUT IN ITS OWN EXCESS"

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The fine eighteenth-century organ was originally located in the house, Brocklesby Park.

Rod Callow, 2004

Church Guide notes report a "Fine carved mahogany case by James Wyatt 1773 which came originally from the hall. The organ itself was built by Thomas Knight."

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C19 pulpit at the east end of the nave.

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C19 roof.

Kelly's Directory 1930 notes "the church was reroofed and thoroughly renovated in 1852 by Charles, second earl of Yarborough"

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The north porch of All Saints church, shown here, was built in the eighteenth-century as was the spire.

July 2014

"Blocked late C18 rusticated brick porch with keystone pediment"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165503?section=official-list-entry 

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"Brick rusticated porch with a plinth a band and a dropped keystone and pediment"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165503?section=official-list-entry 

A C18 addition. 

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Porch "covers a C14 pointed headed door with 2 orders of sunk wave mouldings and a moulded hood"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165503?section=official-list-entry 

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"C14 west tower with moulded plinth, of 3 stages separated by chamfered string courses. In the west side is a giant recessed pointed arch, double chamfered, without capitals"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165503?section=official-list-entry 

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"In the west side is a giant recessed pointed arch, double chamfered, without capitals"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165503?section=official-list-entry 

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Tower and porch viewed from the southeast.

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The First World War memorial for the parish of Brocklesby.

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First and Second World War Memorials.

"TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEN FROM BROCKLESBY AND LITTLE  LIMBER WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY 1914-1918 ... "

"1939 - 1945 SERGEANT J. BUTLER M.M SHERWOOD RANGERS YEOMANRY 23 NOVEMBER 1944 R.I.P"

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"The Grimsby Chums was a British First World War Pals battalion of Kitchener's Army raised in and around the town of Grimsby in Lincolnshire in 1914. When the battalion was taken over by the British Army it was officially named the 10th (Service) Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment. It was the only 'pals battalion' to be called 'chums'."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsby_Chums

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Monument to Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley (1887-1914, killed at Zandvoorde).

Mark Acton, 2016

"The Memorial Plaque was issued after the First World War to the next-of-kin of all British Empire service personnel who were killed as a result of the war.

The plaques (which could be described as large plaquettes) about 120 mm (4.7 in) in diameter, were cast in bronze, and came to be known as the Dead Man's Penny or Widow's Penny because of the superficial similarity to the much smaller penny coin (which had a diameter of only 30.86 mm (1.215 in)). 1,355,000 plaques were issued, which used a total of 450 tons of bronze, and continued to be issued into the 1930s to commemorate people who died as a consequence of the war."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Plaque_(medallion) 

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"An English battlefield cross"

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42983 

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Brass plaque in the chancel although the sword mentioned was not evident.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/91183 

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"A German battlefield cross erected by the Germans over the grave of Lord Worsley."

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42982 

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Dismounted Roll of Honour - located in the chancel when photographed.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/54242 

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"To the memory of Charles Maudr(?) Worsley Anderson Pelham 3rd Earl of Yarborough who died Feby. 6th 1875 aged 40 years."

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Chancel south facing window. Some old glass at the top?

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At the west end of the nave to the north side of the organ. 

"To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Alexandra Mary Freesia Worsley, died 2nd September 1963. Widow of Lord Worsley, Killed in Action, 1914. I will raise them up at the last day."

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"To the memory of Charles Anderson Worsley 2nd Earl of Yarborough who died Jany. 7th 1862 aged 52 years"

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Chancel east window depicting the Tree of Jesse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Jesse 

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Chancel north facing window.

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"Late C18 with C19 alterations and addition"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1063415?section=official-list-entry 

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Built about 1848 for the MS and L Railway Company, this Brocklesby Station was conveniently close to Brocklesby Hall, the seat of the Earl of Yarborough who was then the company chairman.

In April 1849 Prince Albert arrived here by royal train to be the guest of the Earl before continuing to Grimsby next day, with great ceremony, to lay the foundation stone of the new dock.

The station closed in the 1990s. Photo taken from road bridge over the railway.

The Grade II listed signal box opposite Brocklesby station was made redundant by re-signalling works in December 2015. Built c.1890 it was unusual in being sited on a platform.

Mark Acton, 2021 

"Sunday school 1878, yellow brick, ashlar dressings, slate roof with lead dressings, one brick wall stack. Rectangular block with lower entrance porch to road. West front has central 3 centred doorway covered by a gabled porch having an outer pointed doorway with hoodmould and facetted reveals; gable has carved bargeboard with finial. Above the door is a carved panel containing Anderson cypher with coronet and the date of 1878. The main gable is also decorated with a carved bargeboard with finial"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359805?section=official-list-entry 

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"At the east end of the structure a small bell cote in the form of a leaded fleche rises above the ridge."

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359805?section=official-list-entry 

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