Humberston

Not to be confused with Humberstone, Leicestershire.
Humberston

Humberston Beach
Humberston
 Humberston shown within Lincolnshire
Population 56,344 (2011)
OS grid referenceTA310053
   – London 140 mi (230 km)  S
Civil parishHumberston
DistrictNorth East Lincolnshire
Unitary authorityNorth East Lincolnshire
Shire countyLincolnshire
Ceremonial countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town GRIMSBY
Postcode district DN36
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentCleethorpes
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Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°31′41″N 0°01′30″W / 53.52807°N 0.02489°W / 53.52807; -0.02489

Humberston is a village and civil parish south of Cleethorpes in North East Lincolnshire, England.

Boundary and population

The village's boundary with Cleethorpes runs along North Sea Lane and Humberston Road. Its population in the 2001 census was 5,384,[1] increasing to 5,634 at the 2011 Census.[2] The Prime Meridian runs east of Humberston, through the Thorpe Park caravan site.

History

The Danes landed at the site of the village in 870.[3] Humberston (or Humberstone, as the village was first known) takes its name from a large boulder, the "Humber Stone", which was deposited on the site of the former Midfield Farm during the last Ice Age. The boulder may be seen at the entrance to the village library, near St Peter's Church. The boulder at the entrance to the former library was discovered in the winter of 1956/7 while deep ploughing was taking place on the big field at Midfield Farm. two years later it was moved to Wendover Paddock in the village, and when the new library was built it was moved there. There is no evidence whatsoever that this is the actual stone from which the village gets its name, but it was described by Professor H H Swinnerton and Sir William Pugh of Hull University as a glacial boulder of Scottish origin of the type from which the village may have got its name. The "e" at the end of the name was later dropped to avoid confusion with a place with the same name.

The oldest (and tallest) building in Humberston is St Peter's Church. Although the church was rebuilt about 1710, the tower is over seven hundred years old.[4] At the rear of the church is the site of the former Humberston Abbey of Benedictine monks, which was founded during the reign of Henry II and dedicated to Saints Mary and Peter. Although nearly all that remains is the monks' mound in the manor-house garden, stone sarcophagi have been excavated.[5] The Wesleyan Methodists built a small chapel on Humberston Avenue in 1835, and a larger replacement chapel was built in 1907.[6] An early wireless station was built in 1910.

Education, sports and government

A comprehensive school, Humberston Academy (formerly known as the Humberston School and the Humberston Maths and Computing College) is located on Humberston Avenue.[7] Next to the academy is one of the village's primary schools, Humberston Cloverfields Primary School. Humberston FC play in the Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District Sunday League.[8]

Council members

The North East Lincolnshire Council has one ward (Humberston and New Waltham Ward) encompassing the village. Humberston's representatives are:

Governance

Humberston is part of the electoral ward of Humberston and New Waltham. The total population of this ward at the 2011 census was 10,848.[9]

Places of interest

A man-made lake off North Sea Lane is in the centre of Cleethorpes Country Park. The park has picnic benches, fishing jetties and dog-swimming and wildlife areas. It is home to Canada geese and other wild birds.

The Humberston Fitties conservation area, known as Fitties Field during the late 1940s and early 1950s, is in the village.[10] Also in Humberston is Thorpe Park, a Haven Holidays caravan park.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : North East Lincolnshire. Retrieved 18 September 2009
  2. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Humberston". Genuki. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "St Peters Church (81888)". PastScape. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Humberston Abbey (81877)". PastScape. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Wesleyan chapel (1378878)". PastScape. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Humberston Academy".
  8. ↑ Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District Sunday League
  9. ↑ "Humberston and New Waltham ward population 2011". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "Humberston Fitties". N E Lincolnshire council. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

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