[3] In the 1086 Domesday account Brattleby is mentioned three times as "Brotulbi",[4] in the Hundred of Lawress in the West Riding of Lindsey.

[6][7] Brattleby Hall, established about 1780, with 1838-39 alterations by William Nicholson,[8] was owned by the De La Haye family during the reign of Henry I.

[10] In 1885 Kelly's Directory recorded that the living at the discharged (incumbent untaxed for the first year of appointment[11]) rectory was in the gift of Samuel W. Wright DL, JP, of Brattleby Hall, a "modern mansion", who was also principal landowner and lord of the manor.

[9] Kellys described the church of St Cuthbert as: a stone edifice in the Early English style rebuilt with the exception of the lower stage of the tower, and the arcade, in 1858, under the direction of Mr. James Fowler, of Louth: it consists of chancel, nave, north aisle and a western tower, surmounted by a small spire, containing 3 bells: there is a reredos of alabaster to the memory of the two elder sons of S W Wright esq of Brattleby Hall, also in the chancel an ancient credence table.

The east stained window is in memory of Miss Mary Wright and another in the south side of the chancel, to Henrietta de Coetlogon.

Connor was presented with the DFC by King George VI at Buckingham Palace when Hannah received the VC.