Humberston
| Humberston | |
|---|---|
 Humberston Beach | |
  Humberston Location within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 10,048 (2021 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TA310053 |
| • London | 140 mi (230 km) S |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRIMSBY |
| Postcode district | DN36 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Humberston is a village and civil parish south of Cleethorpes in North East Lincolnshire, England.
Boundary and population
[edit]The village's boundary with Cleethorpes runs along North Sea Lane and Humberston Road.
Unusually, Humberston's civil parish does not completely cover its boundaries.[2] Therefore, the last parish count at the 2021 UK Census understated its total population. However, at the same Census, the population count for a built up area accurately covering all of Humberston and neighbouring New Waltham combined was given at 15,535, whilst New Waltham's civil parish (which is accurate to its boundaries) was at 5,487.[3][4] This would suggest that as of 2021, Humberston had a population of around 10,048. In the 2020s, it was announced that the village is being expanded further with a development of 400 newbuild homes.[5]
The Prime Meridian runs east of Humberston, through the Thorpe Park caravan site.[citation needed]
History
[edit]The Danes landed at the site of the village in 870.[6] 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.[citation needed] The boulder may be seen at the entrance to the village library, near St Peter's Church. The boulder was discovered in the winter of 1956/7 while deep ploughing was taking place 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 that this is the 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 dropped to avoid confusion with a place with the same name.[citation needed]
The oldest and tallest building in Humberston is St Peter's Church. The church was rebuilt about 1710 but its tower is over seven hundred years old.[7] At the rear of the church is the site of the former Humberston Abbey, a monastery of Benedictine monks, which was founded during the reign of Henry II and dedicated to Saints Mary and Peter. Nearly all that remains is the monks' mound in the manor-house garden, stone sarcophagi have been excavated.[8] The Wesleyan Methodists built a small chapel on Humberston Avenue in 1835, and a larger replacement chapel was built in 1907.[9] An early wireless station was built in 1910.[citation needed]
Education, sports and government
[edit]A comprehensive school, Humberston Academy (formerly Humberston School and the Humberston Maths and Computing College) is located on Humberston Avenue.[10] Next to the academy is Humberston Cloverfields Primary School. The village has at least two football teams based out of it, Coach House and Fosse Water Treatment FC. Both teams play in the Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District Sunday League. Because of a lack of facilities both teams regularly play in nearby Bradley village. An extinct team Humberston FC also played in the Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District Sunday League.[11]
Governance
[edit]Humberston and New Waltham is an electoral ward of North East Lincolnshire Council. The councillors for the ward currently are Conservatives.
Humberston is in the Brigg and Immingham parliamentary constituency.
The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 10,848.[12]
Places of interest
[edit]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.[13] Also in Humberston is Cleethorpes Beach, a Haven Holidays caravan park.
Gallery
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Greenwich Meridian Line -
North Sea Lane -
St Peter's Church
References
[edit]- ^ Cite error: The named reference
2021 censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Census Data UK. "Humberston Civil Parish (2021)". censusdata.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Census Data UK. "Humberston and New Waltham Built Up Area (2021)". censusdata.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Census Data UK. "New Waltham Civil Parish (2021)". censusdata.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Longhurst Group. "Work continues at 400-home development". longhurst-group.org.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Humberston". Genuki. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "St Peters Church (81888)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Historic England. "Humberston Abbey (81877)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Historic England. "Wesleyan chapel (1378878)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ "Humberston Academy".
- ^ Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District Sunday League
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Humberston and New Waltham Ward (as of 2011) (1237321374)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Humberston Fitties". N E Lincolnshire council. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
External links
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Media related to Humberston at Wikimedia Commons- Humberston Happening
- Article about building in the Fittes conservation area
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