GRAINSBY, a parish in the wapentake of BRADLEYHAVERSTOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 7 miles (S.) from Great Grimsby, containing 114 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £9.18.4. T. Sands, Esq. was patron in 1800. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas.