North Killingholme
| North Killingholme | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Manor Farm, North Killingholme | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA178145 |
| Location: | 53°38’25"N, 0°16’30"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 224 (2001) |
| Post town: | Immingham |
| Postcode: | DN40 |
| Dialling code: | 01469 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Lincolnshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Cleethorpes |
North Killingholme is a small village in the Lindsey part of Lincolnshire. It has a population of just 224 (as in 2001) but is close to and serves its part in the industry of the area. Along with its larger neighbour South Killingholme, it makes up the area of Killingholme.
The village is between Grimsby and Scunthorpe, slightly closer to the former. Next to the village is the hamlet of Garden Village.
The village
The parish church is St Denys.
The village has a small village hall, but there is no public house, the nearest is the Cross Keys at South Killingholme, and there is The Ashbourne hotel and restaurant.
In March 2007, it was announced that flood defences in the area will be improved by the Environment Agency.[1]
Industry
Lying next to the ConocoPhillips-owned Humber Refinery and Total's Lindsey Oil Refinery, the residential village is subjected to heavy traffic passing through its single main road at the times of work shifts commencing and ending. ConocoPhillips and Total have attempted to combat this by erecting signs and circulating newsletter notices to its workforce.
The village was brought to national and even international attention in the first half of 2009 when a series of strikes at the Lindsey Oil Refinery broke out over the use of foreign labour.[2]
North Killingholme Industrial Estate is situated at Lancaster Approach. Among the units is a large storage warehouse.
The village's closeness to the Humber estuary means that the area is an important shipping location featuring Humber Sea Terminals Ltd.
In June 2008, Spanish insulation firm Ursa announced plans to build a £66 million base close to the village which would create up to 130 new jobs. The plant will reportedly produce around 90,000 tonnes of glass wool each year. Ursa said it was attracted to the area because of its transport links.[3]
On 27 June 2010 a fire broke out at the site. One 24-year-old man died. The other three people who were caught in the blow are being kept in hospital for burns.
History
North Killingholme was formerly the home of No. 550 Squadron RAF - a mixture of British, Canadian, New Zealander and Australian personnel - which flew Lancaster bombers from the RAF North Killingholme airbase from early 1944 to October 1945.[4] RAF 550 Squadron is credited with opening the D-day attack on 5 June 1944.[5] The airfield remains to this day, although it is in much disrepair.
Manor Farm House is an L-shaped brick house dating to the early to mid-16th century, with additions from the 18th century.[6] It is built within a partially moated site, some of which is still visible to the north of the house. It was likely reduced to a farmhouse in 1700. The two ranges, one 16th century in origin and the other likely to be from around 1700 when extensive remodelling took place,are now in a poor state of decay. However, the house has been made watertight and filled with supportive scaffolding, because it is a grade II* listed building. English Heritage are currently carrying out a feasibility study on the property.
The village was a railway station on the New Holland and Immingham Dock branch of the Great Central Railway.[7]
See also
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about North Killingholme) |
References
- ↑ BBC News Online - Defence fear for flood-risk homes
- ↑ Stop stealing our jobs: Thousands of oil workers across Britain walk out in row over influx of foreign labour - Daily Mail Online
- ↑ Company announces £66m jobs boost - BBC News Online
- ↑ Australian Daily Telegraph - Flying flag of Anzac pride
- ↑ No. 550 Squadron - RAF History at mod.uk
- ↑ Royal Commission on the historical monuments of England, Historic Buildings Report: Manor Farm House, North Killingholme. Lincs (Sept 1996). National Monuments Centre, Kemble Drive, Swindon SN2 2GZ.
- ↑ Killingholme - GENUKI