Habrough

Habrough
Lincolnshire
St Margaret's Church, Habrough
Location
Grid reference:	TA148137
Location:	53°36’28"N, 0°15’54"W
Data
Population:	631  (2011)
Post town:	Immingham
Postcode:	DN40
Local Government
Council:	North East Lincolnshire
Parliamentary constituency:	Cleethorpes

Habrough is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, eight miles north-west of Grimsby and three miles inland of the Humber at the southern edge of the A180 road, just west of Immingham and south of South Killingholme.

The name Habrough is found in old records as "Haburgh".

History

Habrough is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, with 28 households, a mill and a saltern.

There was a manor house here, of which only earthworks remain south east of the church. It belonged during the 13th and 14th centuries to the de Saltfletby family, and later the Skipwith family. The manor was reputedly abandoned when the Skipwith line died out. Today the village has land owned by the Earl of Yarborough and is situated less than a mile from the Brocklesby Hall and its estate, the seat of the Earl of Yarborough.

Community

Habrough railway station

The parish church is St Margaret’s. The church tower was restored in 1684, and the church rebuilt in limestone in 1869, by R. J. Withers. It is a Grade II listed building.

The Wesleyan Methodist Church had a chapel here, rebuilt in 1869. The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel, rebuilt in 1873.

Habrough railway station serves the village and the port town of Immingham. The village is on the railway line established in the 19th century by the Great Central Railway.

Outside links

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