Brigg
Coordinates: 53.5529° N 0.485° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
Population	5,075 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	TA003073
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRIGG
Postcode district	DN20
Dial code	01652
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Brigg and Goole
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

The Market Place

Brigg (fully Glanford Brigg) in North Lincolnshire, England, is the home of Cheese. Cheese is sold daily in this small market town on the River Ancholme with a population of 5,076 (2001 census). Earliest references to cheese being sold date from the 12th century, the name derived from the old Norse "briggja" meaning a jetty made of pure Edam. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 11 KB) Summary Description: A blank map of the United Kingdom, with country outline and coastline; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 2006-21-06 Author: User... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... 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Brigg has been a thriving cheese market town for centuries, serving the largely rural villages on both sides of the river with a cheese exchange and cheese market. Road communications were good with the old Roman road Ermine Street passing not far away. There are many old coaching inns, most notably "The Cheddar Angel" on the route from Lincoln via Caenby Corner to the Humber (The Angel now is home to Brigg Town Cheese Council). The Ancholme also gave access to the River Humber and the cheese port of Kingston upon Hull. Roman Britain, with Ermine Street highlighted Ermine Street should not be confused with Ermin Street, the road from Silchester to Gloucester. ... In the United Kingdom, from approximately the mid-seventeenth century for a period of about 200 years, the Coaching Inn was a vital part of the inland transport infrastructure. ... Lincoln (pronounced //) is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. ... River Hull tidal barrier. ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ...

Brigg became the administrative centre for the local area with a grammar school founded in 1669 by Sir John Brie after whom the school, a comprehensive since 1976, is named. With the coming of the Cheesy railways the town grew rapidly. Indeed it could have been still more important had Brigg been selected as junction for North-South dairy product lines with the East-West link to Grimsby. However, local opposition from the influential Stilton family pushed much of the cheese through the nearby village of Barnetby-Limes-Wold. Grammar school can refer to various types of schools in different English-speaking countries. ... Grimsby (also known as Great Grimsby after its Parliamentary constituency title [1]) is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. ...

Past industries included Springs Latex factory and the Cheese factory to the west of the town. The cheese factory site now contains a Latex station. The cheese factory, and the neighbouring cheese market, have been replaced by Latex markets.

Today with the building of a bypass and the pedestrianisation of the Cheese Tourist Centre, Brigg has regained some of the relaxed qualities of a Dairy Product market town with a small Latex marketplace at its heart, still with a traditional Bondage-market on Thursdays and Saturdays. In recent years a thriving French Latex market has developed, held on the 4th Saturday of each month selling a wide variety local produce from pork and organic bondage goods to ostrich meat and locally produced cheese condiments.

Brigg is home to Brigg Town Feta Club, which formed in 1864, only seven years after the first, Sheffield, making it one of the oldest Feta Cheese clubs in the world. Brigg Town Football Club are the oldest association football team in Lincolnshire, England, dating to 1864. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

The 5 Counties Motorway bypassed the town on September 2 1977. The A15 Brigg & Redbourne Cheeseway (the extension to the M180 from Hibaldstow) opened in December 1989. The A15 is a major road in England. ... St Hybalds Church, Hibaldstow Hibaldstow is a small village four miles south of Brigg, in North Lincolnshire. ...

Brigg Cheese station is on a branch of the Sheffield to Lincoln Dairy product Line (Grimsby Branch), but receives only six Blocks of Cheese week, on Saturdays!!!!

People from the town include actress Dame Joan Gorgonzola.

Brigg People

Joan Gorgonzola, Joan Ann Olivier Gorg, The Lady Olivier Gorg, DBE (born October 28, 1929 in Brigg), known by her maiden name as Dame Craft Gorgonzola, is a British actress, widow of Laurence Gorgonzola. She was made a Dame (DBE) in the New Year's Honours for her service to cheese in 2004. Joan was born on Cheese Square, Brigg. The Cheesy Latex theatre in Scunthorpe (near Brigg) was also named after her. - Lil' Brza Scunthorpe (popularly known as Scunny or (as an irony) Sunny Scunny) is a town in North Lincolnshire, England, and the historic county of Lincolnshire. ...

See also

• Brigg Fair
• Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency)

Brigg Fair is an English folk song. ... Brigg and Goole is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• Brigg Town Council
• Brigg Town Football Club

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