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Immingham (sometimes known locally as
Ming Ming) is a town in
North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the
Humber Estuary. It is six miles (10 km) north west of
Grimsby.
Etymology
Although the origin of the name of the town is uncertain it's believed to derive from the
Immingas, a tribe who followed an
Anglo-Saxon leader by the name of
Imminga.
The suffix
-ham is Anglo-Saxon for hamlet or town.
History
The town contains a memorial marking the site of the 1608 departure of the
Pilgrim Fathers to
Holland. The vessels sailed to
Boston (
Lincolnshire) and on to Holland, then to
Southampton and finally
Plymouth, from where history records the sailings of the
Mayflower.
During the
Second World War, Immingham became the shore base (for a time) of
Lord Mountbatten and the docks hosted his famous vessel,
HMS Kelly. He roomed at the County Hotel.
Up until the turn of the 20th century Immingham was a rural village, dependent on agriculture. The advent of the railways encouraged speculators to utilise its location on the coast to build a deep-sea dock to rival that in nearby
Kingston upon Hull.
This caused the area to grow as workers moved in; much of the growth in living accommodation was centred around in a narrow strip (now known as Pelham Road) between two
public houses at opposite ends of the town, the
Bluestone and the
County Hotel. The advent of the
First World War caused the area to suffer some decline: This wasn't reversed until the
1950s.
In that decade the docks began to grow as the country recovered from the austerity of the
Second World War and the post war years. The expansion of
chemical and
petroleum industries along the
Humber Bank over the next twenty years also fuelled the economic growth and level of population of the town, evident in the
architectural style of many houses. This new residential growth expanded on both sides of Pelham Road and in the
1960s a
comprehensive school and
shopping centre/office complex (Kennedy Way) were opened to facilitate this increase.
In the beginning the Kennedy Way centre was host to a
supermarket, many
independent traders and several
banks; In 1979 it was extended to house a further supermarket and other shop units. However in recent years the centre has been in decline with several outlets remaining empty for many years. Both supermarkets have moved out along with some banks, although a further supermarket development (
Somerfield) on Washdyke Lane is still operational.
Sport and leisure
Immingham has a
sports centre
and
swimming pool.
Public houses include the County Hotel and the De Kyme Hotel, as well as smaller establishments such as the Mayflower and Bluestone Inn.
Transport
Immingham is served by the number 45 bus to
Grimsby. During the day, there's a bus every 20 minutes. In the evening and on Sundays, the number 46 runs every hour with the service extended to
Cleethorpes.
The nearest
railway station is at
Habrough, approximately three miles away on the
Cleethorpes to
Manchester line.
Local industry
Close to Immingham, oil is refined at the
Lindsey (at
North Killingholme) Oil Refinery by
TOTAL and at the
Humber Refinery (at
South Killingholme) by
ConocoPhillips. They both own the Associated Petroleum Terminals. Oil began to be imported in 1970. The Killingholme Refineries opened in 1969, owned by Total and
PetroFina. The refined fuel was transported to the rest of the
UK by rail. 70% of the refined oil from the Humber Refinery goes to the UK, the rest is for
Europe. It is the only
coking refinery in
Britain, produced by
catalytic cracking.
In the second half of 2007, an £80m
bioethanol fuel plant will be constructed close to the town. The plant will use locally-grown
wheat from which to synthesise fuel.
Docks
The first sod of
Immingham Dock was cut in
1906, and was opened by
King George V on
22 July,
1913. In part funded by the
Great Central Railway, the dock property was by ; covering, with 45 acres of water.
The docks were connected to the town and mainline by the
Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway, with locomotive servcing at
Immingham TMD.
Now owned by
Associated British Ports, Immingham is home to the largest deep-sea docks in the country. A large port and industrial complex,
coal is imported through the port by
SSM Coal Ltd. The port partnership of
Grimsby & Immingham is the largest port in the UK in terms of tonnage, with a total traffic of 57 million
tonnes, 10% of the total, in 2006.
The large Immingham
Railfreight Terminal to service the docks, also acts as a storage point for excess locomotives and wagons, as well as a scrapping location.
Schools
Oasis Academy, Immingham, formerly known as
The Immingham School, was opened in the 2007/08 academic year. A new building for the Academy is currently being constructed adjacent to the current site, and should be ready for use in 2009.
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