English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

House of Industry

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • House of Industry 1802 GrimsCBxiv c.1820 GrimsMap 1831 Monson

Etymology

House of Industry (lost), House of Industry 1802GrimsCB xiv , c.1820GrimsMap , 1831Monson . “Nothing of the original house of industry now remains, but some of the houses built as an extension to it prior to 1837 can be seen as the row now called Alfred Terrace in Brighowgate”, Gillett 186.