SIGNS INDICATE MANY HOMES BORDERING BRIGG ARE NOT PART OF OUR TOWN

Clear indications are given to the public and passing motorists that two housing developments near Brigg are not part of the market town.
Some time ago signage was erected near the A18 entrance to the sizeable Waters Edge housing estate to indicate it is within Broughton parish.
During a recent walk back home along the A1084 from Brigg Garden Centre, we photographed a similar sign (seen above) which informs passes by that the Pingley Park housing development is within Bigby parish.
Waters Edge is literally a stone's throw from Brigg, on the other side of the New River Ancholme.
Pingley Park is also very close to the district & county boundary between Brigg and Bigby parishes and North Lincolnshire and West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Bigby parish includes Kettleby (a hamlet) and what is known as Pingley Vale near Brigg.
While passing Pingley Park on Monday afternoon, we noted a refuse collection vehicle in the distance - presumably one belonging to the Gainsborough-based West Lindsey authority - which was visiting this housing development.
Online searches carried out by Brigg Blog showed some national property sales websites (not local agents) mentioning:

• Pingley Vale, Brigg.
• Pingley Vale, Brigg, Lincolnshire.
• Pingley Vale, Brigg, South Humberside. (The latter county, created by the Government in 1974, was abolished in 1996).
• Street Guide to Pingley Vale, Brigg.

Another online search for 'Pingley Vale Bigby' gave returns which included:

• Area Information for Pingley Vale, Brigg.
• Land at Pingley Vale, Bigby High Road, Brigg.

All these online listings, Brigg Blog suggests, support the display of the 'Pingley - Part of Bigby Parish' sign at the entrance to the housing development. The same applies to 'Waters Edge - Part of Broughton Parish' as some people mistakenly refer to it as being in the neighbouring town.
Scawby Brook forms part of Scawby parish and includes Ancholme Leisure Centre, but some people describe this as 'Brigg' rather than 'Ancholme'.
Next to the centre is the long-disused Brigg Sugar Factory Social Club... not in Brigg. The adjoining sportsfield was known as Brigg Sugar, as were teams which used it decades ago.
We recently spotted a reference to a property for sale on South View, Brigg.
Unsurprisingly, we didn't recognise the house pictured. For rather than being on South View Avenue, Brigg, it was actually on South View, Broughton.
Surviving 18th and 19th century maps show the parishes of Broughton, Scawby, Bigby and Wrawby occupying sizeable areas later re-allocated to Brigg by the powers that be as the market town gained importance and enjoyed a growth in population.
Bridge Street including Engine Street, Happy Land and Barnard Street saw extensive house-building during Queen Victoria's reign.
Most of lengthy Westrum Lane is in Brigg today, but the southern stretch is over the border in West Lindsey.
To the north of the town, Wrawby and Brigg meet where some of the newest properties on the edge of the Springbank estate were constructed.
In the early 1970s, village parishes could, if they wished, opt to have one of the newly-created Town Councils.
Broughton is today represented by a Town Council, although the Village Hall still carries into original name. Brigg and Broughton have similar population totals.