PRN 41219 (includes record 41210 which has now been deleted.) Victorian Grainsby Hall, dating from 1850 to 1860, is an indescribable style. {1} The Hall is no longer occupied and is now used as a store (1970). {2} The remains of an 18th century house behind a Victorian building. The park covers an extensive area and is recorded on the first edition c.1880 and 1905 Ordnance Survey maps. A fishpond is locationed at TF2760 9925 at the eastern edge of the park. {3}{4}{5} Part of Grainsby Park extends into the North Thoresby parish. There is also placename evidence of a park in this location as 'Park Farm' is located at TF2740 9795. {6} The Grainsby estate was built up gradually like most estates but the Hall was not the main house of the estate until it was purchased in the late 18th century by Elisabeth Borrell, the servant and housekeeper of Francis Nettleship. Francis Nettleship owned an estate in Grainsby and Waithe that he had inherited through the female line from Mr Francis Foulding, who died in 1719. Francis Nettleship died without issue in 1797 and left his estate to Elisabeth Borrell. Miss Borrell had moved into the Hall by 1804 and died in 1826. Her estate passed via her great-niece to the Haigh family who leased the estate and the Hall until about 1860 when the Hall was enlarged. Haigh family members occupied the Hall until the Second World War when it was taken over by the army. After 1945 the Hall was empty until it was demolished in 1973. {7}