The Yarborough Hotel in Grimsby was built in 1851 by the Earl of Yarborough. The Earl was the chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company who recognised there would an increase in trade in Grimsby when the new railway linked it into the growing network.

The hotel, now a J.D. Wetherspoons pub, is perhaps best known as the location of the Yarborough Riot. During the political riots it is through that voters were kidnapped and held in the hotel.