Gardens and back of the Manor House, Bigby Street, Brigg, home to the Cary-Elwes family, 1892.

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Ref No:s09564
Date of Image:1892
Date Period:Victorian
Title:Gardens and back of the Manor House, Bigby Street, Brigg, home to the Cary-Elwes family, 1892.
Description:Next to the house can be seen the Catholic church dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary which became known as St. Mary's. Following the Cary-Elwes families conversion to catholicism in 1874 they gave over their old coach-house to be converted into a Catholic church as prior to this the nearest chapel was in Scawby.