53-744: Immingham is a town and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire , in Lincolnshire , England. It is situated on the south-west bank of the Humber Estuary , and is six miles (ten kilometres) northwest of Grimsby . The region was relatively unpopulated and undeveloped until the early 1900s, when the Great Central Railway began developing its Immingham Dock ; as a consequence of the dock development, and of nearby post-Second World War large scale industrial developments Immingham developed from
106-515: A Sports centre in 1980. The expansion of the new town had peaked by the mid 1980s, with only minor extra expansion in the next two decades to 2006. In 2007 Immingham School was renamed Oasis Academy Immingham . Supermarket retailers Somerfield took over a former Kwik Save shop at Kennedy Way c.2006; the branch became part of the Co-op after the takeover of the chain in 2010; in 2014 the Co-op announced it
159-582: A full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. In the United Kingdom Parliament, Immingham is part of the Brigg and Immingham constituency , represented by Conservative MP, Martin Vickers . The Brigg and Immingham constituency also includes other towns in
212-654: A large conurbation . Immingham is separated from the Grimsby urban area by the A180 and is a few miles west of the town. The council is based at Grimsby Town Hall , which had been built in 1863 for the old borough council of Grimsby. The radio station for the area was called Compass FM , and took its logo from the logo of North East Lincolnshire, being based south of Grimsby railway station. It became part of Greatest Hits Radio in 2020. BBC Radio Humberside covers this area which broadcast from Kingston upon Hull . Grimsby Institute had
265-522: A minor place into a significant town during the 20th century. The Port of Immingham & Grimsby was the largest port in the United Kingdom by tonnage with 54 million tonnes of cargo passing through in 2019. The Immingham Ward of North East Lincolnshire Council includes Stallingborough , Healing and Habrough . As of 2018, its elected councillors are Stewart Swinburn (Conservative), David Bolton (Labour), and David Watson (Labour). Population of
318-432: A stone cross outside the church also dates to the medieval period. There is archaeological evidence of the medieval settlement. Earthwork remains indicating a settlement and agricultural use exist near south of the church; earthwork remnants of a former shrunken village exist to the north of the church. Archaeological evidence of saltmaking has been found north of the village (formerly in the parish of Harbrough, now within
371-480: A two-hourly service between Cleethorpes and Barton-on-Humber . On Sundays, the TransPennine Express service is two-hourly in the morning but increases to hourly in the afternoon. During the summer months, there are three East Midlands Railway services between Nottingham and Cleethorpes and four services to Barton-on-Humber with no services on either of these routes in the winter. Habrough's railway station
424-439: Is also served by TransPennine Express services. The station is unstaffed and has no ticketing provision, so passengers must buy their tickets in advance or on the train. Other than waiting shelters on each platform, the only amenities provided are a public phone box on platform 1 and timetable information poster boards. Step-free access to both sides is available via the level crossing (the platforms are staggered either side of
477-578: Is the Grimsby Institute . This offers a wide range of vocational courses and has links with the fishing industry. It offers higher education courses, and has done for many years - HNDs, for vocational subjects. It has the long-term ambition to become a university. The University of Humberside used to have its food science campus at the college, but removed this when it became the University of Lincoln . The following people and military units have received
530-536: Is the UK's largest port by tonnage, handling around 46 million tonnes per year. It has DFDS freight routes to Brevik , Cuxhaven , Esbjerg , Gothenburg , Rotterdam and Zeebrugge . The Port of Grimsby is a major car importation hub, along with being an offshore wind farm servicing hub. The local LEA has comprehensive schools, becoming comprehensive in the early 1970s when part of the County Borough of Grimsby , and
583-494: The Belmont TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Humberside , Hits Radio East Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire , Hits Radio Lincolnshire broadcasting on DAB and Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire . The Grimsby Telegraph is the local newspaper that serves the town. The name Immingham is thought to mean the "Homestead of the people of Imma"; (de)constructed from the elements "Imma" + inga + ham . The place
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#1732844798271636-593: The Freedom of the Borough of North East Lincolnshire. Habrough railway station Habrough railway station serves the village of Habrough and the town of Immingham in North East Lincolnshire , England . It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway in 1848. Up until 1988 there was a signal box at the station on the south side of the track and east side of the road with manually-operated gates. It
689-516: The Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway , opened 1912. As part of the development of the new port some wood framed, corrugated iron clad housing was constructed; several of these survived to the 21st century, and one of these dated 1907 is now a listed structure. During the First World War , Immingham served as a base for British D class submarines . There was also an anti-aircraft battery in
742-605: The Parts of Lindsey , a historic subdivision of Lincolnshire. The district was awarded borough status on 23 August 1996, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. The borough is located at the northeastern corner of Lincolnshire and opposite the East Riding of Yorkshire . It borders the Humber estuary. The area between Cleethorpes and Grimsby as well as the villages of Great Coates, Humberstone, New Waltham and Waltham form
795-667: The South Humber Bank Power Station , which is owned and operated by Centrica sited at Stallingborough. Similar to North Lincolnshire , the area has its fire and police run by Humberside Fire and Rescue Service and Humberside Police . There are four main roads that link to the unitary authority - the A180 (from the M180 ) which was built in 1984, and the A46 from Lincoln. The A46 terminates in Cleethorpes, previously terminating at
848-505: The Humber banks. The silting of the haven leading from the Humber has been supposed as one possible cause. Churchfield Manor, in the north-west of the town dates to the late 1600s/early 1700s. Belmont cottage south of the church dates to the early 1800s. Both are now listed structures. The Ings at Immingham were enclosed in 1840. A coastguard station erected in 1850. The Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway (opened 1845) passed through
901-637: The Laceby roundabout, and follows the former route of the A18 through Grimsby and Cleethorpes. The A18 which runs from Doncaster to Laceby past the Humberside Airport. And the A16 from southern Lincolnshire through Louth, Entering the town at toll bar roundabout Waltham There are good connections by railway from Doncaster and Sheffield, which start at Manchester Airport - the TransPennine Express. The Port of Immingham
954-644: The Lindsey Education Committee, based in Lincoln. However, due to the proximity of West and East Lindsey which have grammar schools , some children capable of passing the eleven-plus are bussed over the border to places such as Caistor , Louth , and Alford . Previous to this Cleethorpes had girls' and boys' grammar schools, and Grimsby had the girls' and boys' (which joined in the late 1960s) Wintringham grammar schools. The local secondary schools have improved in recent years, but Grimsby still has some of
1007-539: The South Humber bank after the Second World War caused further growth of the town. By 1981 the population had risen to 11,506; making it North Lincolnshire's fourth town, after Grimsby , Cleethorpes and Scunthorpe . The expansion of the village included: Eastfield County Junior School built in 1970; expansion of the comprehensive school, 1973; a shopping centre "Kennedy Way" constructed in 1965–7; and north of
1060-411: The area including Barton-upon-Humber . North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire , England. It borders the borough of North Lincolnshire and districts of West Lindsey and East Lindsey . The population of the district in the 2011 Census was 159,616. The administrative centre and largest settlement is Grimsby and
1113-476: The borough includes the towns of Cleethorpes and Immingham as well as the villages of New Waltham , Waltham , Humberston , Healing and Great Coates . The borough is also home to the Port of Grimsby and Port of Immingham as well as Cleethorpes beach. North East Lincolnshire was created from the boroughs of Cleethorpes and Great Grimsby on 1 April 1996 with the abolition of Humberside . The area lies within
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#17328447982711166-414: The centre 18 blocks of five storey flats constructed by George Wimpey from 1965; a Civic Centre also opened in 1965. Standard housing also expanded: By 1968 there were many new side streets, in particular a new estate encompassed by Pilgrim Avenue; development along Pelham Road had become almost continuous, and the new village now expanding north-west towards the old Immingham. Further growth took place in
1219-668: The centre in late 2010. In 2012 planning permission was granted for a new large Tesco store to the north of Immingham Civic Centre, (originally consented 2009.), and refurbishment and alterations to the Kennedy Way shopping centre. Preparatory work on a £10 million Tesco supermarket began 2014, with the Immingham Sports Centre to be demolished; a new sports facility was to be provided at Oasis Academy . A 1,988 square feet (184.7 m) Poundstretcher opened in November 2014 at
1272-506: The civil parishes of Habrough and Keelby . The civil parish is low lying, extending from below 5 metres (16 ft) above sea level near the Humber foreshore, to a peak of 21 metres (69 ft) in Roxton wood in the south-west corner. The main features within the parish are the Humber shoreline, running roughly north-west to south-east, the Immingham Dock and estate, and adjacent south of
1325-512: The crossing). There is a shop adjacent to the station on the Platform 1 side, which sells hot drinks. Services at the station are operated by East Midlands Railway and TransPennine Express . On weekdays, the station is served by an hourly TransPennine Express service between Cleethorpes and Liverpool Lime Street . East Midlands Railway operate a two-hourly service between Grimsby Town and Leicester via Lincoln and Nottingham as well as
1378-471: The deputy to preceding mayor and mayoress George Fox, and his wife Veronica Fox. The town of Immingham is a compact urban area of approximately 1 square mile (2.6 km), situated south-west of the dock in the middle of the parish. It is bisected by the B1210. The town has a retail centre, "Kennedy Way", with stores such as Tesco and Aldi , a leisure centre with swimming pool and gym, and several schools. On
1431-583: The development, and B & M store in December 2014. The new "Multi User Games Area" (MUGA) opened March 2015. In January 2015 Tesco announced cost-cutting plans following falling sales, and halted development of 49 stores, The built but unopened store in Immingham was mothballed , having had its opening previously delayed. As of late 2015 the unopened Tesco supermarket was being retained by Tesco. On 20 September 2018 Tesco opened one of their first Jack's stores in
1484-457: The dock during the war, as well as at Homestead Park, and near Immingham Grange. The Humber Force, part of the Home Fleet which had two cruisers and a destroyer flotilla, including HMS Afridi (F07) was based at Immingham during the war, as well as submarines including HMS Seal (N37) . At the beginning of the 1950s the village of Immingham had little expanded. Development of new industries on
1537-534: The dock estate), references to a saltmaking site here exist from the Domesday book, and in a late 12th-century document describing the gift of land including the saltpan to Newhouse Abbey . In 1608 the village briefly became a location in the story of the Pilgrim Fathers of America; their vessel was forced to put ashore due to bad weather, sailing up Killingholme Creek; the women of the party were allowed to sleep in
1590-434: The dock the town of Immingham. The A180 and Stallingborough-Habrough section of the mainline railway west out of Grimsby ( Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway ) pass roughly east–west through the southern part of the parish. The A1173 connects the town and dock to the A180. Excluding farms there are no other places of habitation outside the town in the civil parish. There are two abandoned sites of medieval villages in
1643-524: The docks and construction of the local rail network. The museum, which is home to the Great Central Railway Society archive, is open from 1pm to 4pm, Wednesday to Saturday from March through to November. At the lowest level of governance is Immingham Town Council. Immingham has 3 electoral wards, electing a total of 15 councillors. These councillors are responsible for burial grounds, allotments, play areas and some street lighting. Elections to
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1696-461: The drain watercourse outfalling at South Killingholme Haven forming the boundary – also the county boundary between North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire . The south-eastern boundary is with the civil parish of Stallingborough , with the North Beck Drain forming most of the boundary. The parish extends to the south-west as far as Roxton, with boundaries to the south-west and south with
1749-417: The early medieval period, with much of the structure dating to the 13th century, with parts of the nave as early as the 11th or 12th century. The tower was constructed in the 16th/17th century, to a similar design to that found in nearby Aylesby , Wootton and Healing . The structure was restored in the 1880s and 1920. A decorated octagonal font in the church dates to the 15th C. The remains of
1802-571: The economic area known as Greater Grimsby. The main sectors of the Greater Grimsby economy are food and drink; ports and logistics; renewable energy and chemicals and process industries. This is a table of trend of regional gross value added of North and North East Lincolnshire at current basic prices publisher, (pp. 240–253) by the Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British pounds sterling. The area has one power station,
1855-585: The innovative Estuary TV (former Channel 7) television, based at the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education . Propeller TV was also part of Grimsby Institute. The Grimsby Telegraph is a daily newspaper. The area is served by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and ITV1 Yorkshire , received from the Belmont transmitter. Until 1974 it formed part of the ITV Anglia region. The North East Lincolnshire towns of Grimsby , Immingham and Cleethorpes , form
1908-513: The late 1960 and 1970s: north-west of Pelham Road, with the village continuous towards Church Lane; a new estate south-east of Pilgrim Road; as well as further infilling to the south-west. Immingham Dock Station , originally part of the Barton and Immingham Light Railway closed in 1969, whilst Immingham Museum was established in 1970. In 1979 the Kennedy Way centre was extended to house a further supermarket and other shop units. The local council added
1961-586: The more generous ground plans found moving south-west along Pelham Road. By the mid 1930s the village had grown as much to require a comprehensive school which opened in 1936. During the Second World War , John Dowland and Leonard Harrison received the George Cross for defusing a bomb that had fallen onto the grain ship SS Kildare in February 1940 in Immingham Dock. Anti-aircraft batteries were located around
2014-414: The nearest railway stations are at Habrough and Stallingborough on the former Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway , now part of the Barton line . A half-hourly bus service currently operated by Stagecoach East Midlands links Immingham with Grimsby. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire . Television signals are received from
2067-401: The north-eastern outskirts of the town there is a Knauf UK GmbH plant that makes plasterboard . Immingham was formerly served by two railways, the Barton and Immingham Light Railway mainly carrying freight traffic to and from the dock, and the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway carrying passengers between the town and the dock. Both were withdrawn by the early 1960s. In the present day,
2120-479: The parish south of Immingham. In the 1870s the parish of Immingham had a population of 237, whilst Roxton was still known as a small hamlet. The parish had an area of 3,195 acres (1,293 ha) which was mostly good grazing land – much of which was owned by the Earl of Yarborough . In addition to the church the village also had Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. Building of the Immingham Dock began in 1906, and it
2173-523: The parish: that of the village of Immingham, north-west of the modern town, near St Andrew's Church; and Roxton in the southern extremity of the parish. Population of the civil parish was 9,861 in 2001, and 9,642 in 2011. The mayor of Immingham is Kevin Houghton who was elected to follow Stefan Allan, who was elected on 15 May 2019, and then re-elected the following year. Allan currently serves as Houghton's deputy. Before his election as mayor, Allan served as
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2226-642: The schools on the outer edge do much better. Franklin College has a good reputation at A level, and regularly produces the best A level results for state schools in the former area of Humberside (north and south). It was formed by the Humberside Education Committee, based in Beverly. Sixth formers travelled from East and West Lindsey to attend this college, such was its reputation. The main FE college in Grimsby
2279-511: The town council are held every four years and the most recent elections were held in May 2019. The Mayor of Immingham is elected annually by the members of the town council. At county level the town is part of North East Lincolnshire Council unitary authority area, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. The town is represented by three Unitary councillors on North East Lincolnshire Council. The county council provides
2332-488: The town, manned with 1 pounder and later a 12-pounder gun . By the 1920s the village of Immingham had been eclipsed in importance by the port; a publication of the Cambridge University Press opined: Immingham is solely a commercial port; its official title of Immingham Dock describes it. There is no town and only a small population resident in this artificial creation By the early 1930s housing development
2385-402: The unused building. In early 2016 work began on the reconstruction of Immingham Civic Centre – an aim was to concentrate public services at one location including Immingham Town Council, North East Lincolnshire Council offices, Humberside Police offices, Shoreline (housing agent) offices, a Library and the Immingham museum, which portrays the role of the Great Central Railway in the building of
2438-497: The village church for the night, but news of this reached the authorities, with the consequence that the womenfolk were arrested, whilst the others escaped to the Netherlands. A popular protest secured the release of the women, who were then able to rejoin their families, and continue the journey. In the later medieval period Immingham declined from 66 households in 1523 to 46 in 1723, in common with other Lincolnshire places on or near
2491-449: The ward in 2001 was 11,804 persons (2001 census), and 11,507 persons in 2011 (2011 census). European route E22 passes through Immingham on the A180 and A160 via Immingham Dock. The civil parish of Immingham is located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary six miles (ten kilometres) west-northwest of Grimsby . The civil parish is bounded by South Killingholme to the north-west, with
2544-497: The worst GCSE results in the country. There is a clear cut dichotomy of education up to 16, with schools on the edge of Grimsby and Cleethorpes performing with respectable results, leaving the centre of these towns with struggling schools that have faced closure. Most schools have converted to Academy status, with some also lucky enough to move into brand new spacious buildings. It is more the case that affluent parents would refuse to send their children to schools in central Grimsby, hence
2597-441: Was of typical Great Central Railway signal box design. The main buildings were located on the eastbound platform and were linked to the westbound one via a footbridge, but both have also been demolished and the level crossing was converted to an AHB (Automatic Half-Barrier) crossing. In 2015/2016, it was converted to a full-barrier level crossing with Obstacle Detection (MCB-OD). The station is managed by East Midlands Railway , and
2650-409: Was opened by King George V on 22 July 1912. In part funded by the Great Central Railway , the dock property was 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 by 1 mile (4.0 by 1.6 km); covering 1,000 acres (405 ha), with 45 acres (18 ha) of water. A railway line to the north-west, the Barton and Immingham Light Railway was opened in 1912. The docks were connected to their primary supply of labour in Grimsby by
2703-569: Was referred to as Imungeham in the Domesday Book , and recorded as Immingeham in around 1115. The termination "-ham" is Anglo-Saxon in origin. The patronymic, (interpreted as "Imming" or "Emming") has been noted as occurring elsewhere, such as in Imminghausen ( Immenhausen ), or Emmingen ( Emmingen-Liptingen ) (Germany). Immingham is mentioned (as Imungeham ) as a manor in the 11th-century Domesday Book . Saint Andrew's church dates to
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#17328447982712756-469: Was scattered across several locations: most was along Pelham Road, of which the majority was east of the original village (St Andrew's church), centred around the County Hotel , and close to the dock estate; further development had taken place south and south-east of the church, also on Pelham Road, in two locations each centred on one of the two nonconformist chapels. Almost all the housing was terraced, with
2809-655: Was to close the shop (closed September 2014). Supermarket chain Aldi acquired the site in 2014 with the aim of opening a new store in 2015; the store was opened in May 2015 by the Mayor of Immingham. The town's Yorkshire Bank closed in August 2009 after 40 years of operation. the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society closed their Immingham office in March 2010; Barclays Bank closed their branch in
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