History
Great Coates is mentioned in the Domesday Book and the parish church, St. Nicolas, pre-dates Oliver Cromwell and contains his family crest and survived the reformation. The Coates family grave can also be found in the graveyard.
Its eastern boundary with Little Coates civil parish (which merged with Grimsby in 1928) was formed by the River Freshney and included the area that is now the Willows and Wybers Wood estates. In 1928 and 1958 parts of Great Coates parish were allocated to Grimsby, and in 1968 Great Coates village itself was absorbed, its civil parish council being abolished. Other parts were merged with Healing parish. The parish was re-established (excluding Willows and Wybers Wood) in April 2003.
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