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'{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |latitude = 53.6139 |longitude = -0.2183 |official_name = Immingham |population = 9,642 |population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124996&c=Immingham&d=16&e=62&g=6381743&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1439822294517&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref> |unitary_england = [[North East Lincolnshire]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Lincolnshire]] |region = Yorkshire and the Humber |constituency_westminster = [[Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)|Cleethorpes]] |post_town = IMMINGHAM |postcode_district = DN40 |postcode_area = DN |dial_code = 01469 |os_grid_reference = TA178145 |london_distance_mi= 150<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> |london_direction= S }} '''Immingham''' is a town, civil parish and ward in the [[North East Lincolnshire]] [[unitary authority]] of England. It is situated on the southwest bank of the [[Humber|Humber Estuary]], and is {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} north-west from [[Grimsby]]. The region was relatively unpopulated and undeveloped until the early 1900s, when the [[Great Central Railway]] began developing its [[Immingham Dock]]; as a consequence of the dock development, and of nearby post-Second World War large scale industrial developments Immingham developed from a minor place into a significant town during the 20th century. ==Geography== ===Council ward=== The Immingham Ward of North East Lincolnshire Council includes [[Stallingborough]], [[Healing, Lincolnshire|Healing]] and [[Habrough]]. As of 2015 its elected councilors are Mike Burton (Labour), David Bolton (Labour), and David Watson (Labour).<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/council/councillors-democracy-elections/wards/immingham/| title = Immingham Ward |accessdate = July 2015| work = www.nelincs.gov.uk}}</ref> Population of the ward in 2001 was 11,804 persons (2001 census),<ref>{{citation| url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13690202&c=immingham&d=14&e=15&g=6381741&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1437747843143&enc=1| title = Area: Immingham (Ward) |work = 2001 census|publisher = Office for National Statistics }}</ref> and 11,507 persons in 2011 (2011 census).<ref>{{citation| url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13690202&c=immingham&d=14&e=62&g=6381741&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1437747843830&enc=1| title = Area: Immingham (Ward) |work = 2011 census|publisher = Office for National Statistics }}</ref> [[European route E22]] passes through Immingham on the [[A180 road (England)|A180]] and [[A160 road|A160]] via Immingham Dock. ===Civil parish=== The civil parish of Immingham is located on the south bank of the [[Humber estuary]] {{convert|10|km}} westnorthwest of [[Grimsby]]. The civil parish is bounded by [[South Killingholme]] to the northwest, with the drain watercourse outfalling at South Killingholme Haven forming the boundary - also the county boundary between [[North Lincolnshire]] and [[North East Lincolnshire]]. The southeastern boundary is with the civil parish of [[Stallingborough]], with the North Beck Drain forming most of the boundary. The parish extends to the southwest as far as Roxton, with boundaries to the southwest and south with the civil parishes of [[Habrough]] and [[Keelby]].<ref name="osm">Ordnance Survey 1:25000, Sheet 284, 2006</ref> The civil parish is low lying, extending from below {{convert|5|m}} above sea level near the Humber foreshore, to a peak of {{convert|21|m}} in Roxton wood in the southwest corner. The main features within the parish are the Humber shoreline, running roughly NW-SE, the [[Immingham Dock]] and estate, and adjacent south of the dock the town of Immingham. The A180 and Stallingborough-Habrough section of the mainline railway west out of Grimsby ([[Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway]]) pass roughly east-west through the southern part of the parish. The A1173 connects the town and dock to the A180. Excluding farms there are no other places of habitation outside the town in the civil parish.<ref name="osm"/> There are two abanandoned sites of medieval villages in the parish: that of the village of Immingham, northwest of the modern town, near St Andrew's Church; and [[Roxton, Lincolnshire|Roxton]] in the southern extremity of the parish.<ref name="osm"/> Population of the civil parish was 9,861in 2001,<ref>{{citation| url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124996&c=immingham&d=16&e=15&g=6381743&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1437748089330&enc=1 | title = Area: Immingham (Parish) |work = 2001 census|publisher = Office for National Statistics }}</ref> and 9,642 in 2011.<ref>{{citation| url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124996&c=immingham&d=16&e=62&g=6381743&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1437748090080&enc=1 | title = Area: Immingham (Parish) |work = 2011 census|publisher = Office for National Statistics }}</ref> ===Town=== The town of Immingham is a compact urban area of approximately {{convert|1|sqmi}}, situated southwest of the dock in the middle of the parish. It is bisected by the B1210.<ref name="osm"/> The town has a retail center, "Kennedy Way", a swimming pool and a golf club, and several schools. On the northeastern outskirts of the town there is a Knauf UK GmbH plant that makes [[plasterboard]]. ==History== ===Etymology=== The name ''Immingham'' is though to mean the "Homestead of the people of Imma";<ref>{{citation| title =Scandinavian Settlement in the Territory of the Five Boroughs: The Place-name Evidence; Inaugural Lecture| first = Kenneth|last = Cameron| publisher = Nottingham University| year = 1966 |at = p.23, §45}}</ref><ref>{{citation| journal = English Place-Name Society| year = 1975|title = _ | page =12}}</ref> (de)constructed from the elements "Imma" + ''inga'' + ''ham''.<ref name="namedic">{{citation| title= A Dictionary of British Place-Names| first = David|last = Mills| at = Immingham, p.255}}</ref> The place was referred to as ''Imungeham'' in the [[Domesday Book]], and recorded as ''Immingeham'' in around 1115.<ref name="namedic"/> The termination "-ham" is [[Anglo-Saxon]] in origin.<ref>{{citation| url = | work = Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club| volume = 2 (1851-1854)|pages =155–6| title = Observations on Composite Names of Places (chiefly in Northumberland) of Anglo-Saxon Derivation| first = Ralph| last = Carr| date = 22 Mar 1851| publisher = F. & W. Dodsworth (Newcastle upon Tyne); Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. (London)}}</ref> The patronymic,{{refn|group="note"|The name "Imma" is found in use both as a male and female name. A Northumbrian aristocrat named Imma appers in Bede's [[Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]] (731 AD); whilst a female Imma is known as the daughter of [[Charlemagne]], spouse to Eginhard ([[Einhard]], 770-840 AD) }} (interpreted as "Imming" or "Emming") has been noted as occurring elsewhere, such as in ''Imminghausen'' ([[Immenhausen]]), or ''Emmingen'' ([[Emmingen-Liptingen]]) (Germany).<ref>{{citation| url = |title = Words and Places: Or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology, and Geography| first = Isaac | last = Taylor| publisher = Macmillan| year = 1864| page = 519}}</ref> ===Early history=== Immingham is mentioned (as ''Imungeham'') as a manor in the 11th century [[Domesday Book]].<ref>{{citation| url = http://opendomesday.org/place/TA1714/immingham/| title = Immingham| work = opendomesday.org }}</ref> [[File:St.Andrew's church, Immingham, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 85781.jpg|thumb|left|St Andrew's Church]] Saint Andrew's church dates to the early medieval period, with much of the structure dating to the 13th century, with parts of the nave as early as the 11th or 12th century. The tower was constructed in the 16th/17th century, to a similar design to that found in nearby [[Aylesby]], [[Wootton, North Lincolnshire|Wootton]] and [[Healing, Lincolnshire|Healing]]. The structure was restored in the 1880s and 1920. A decorated octangonal font in the church dates to the 15th C.{{sfn|Pevsner|Harris|Antram|2002|p=404}}<ref name="sta"/> The remains of a stone cross outside the church also dates to the medieval period.<ref name="cb"/>{{refn|The earthworks have been partially incorporated into a modern gold course.<ref name="cb"/> }} There is archaeological evidence of the medieval settlement. Earthwork remains indicating a settlement and agricultural use exist near south of the church;<ref name="medset"/> earthwork remnants of a former [[shrunken village]] exist to the north of the church.<ref name="medvil"/> Archaeological evidence of saltmaking has been found north of the village (formerly in the parish of Harbrough, now within the dock estate), references to a saltmaking site here exist from the Domesday book, and in a late 12th century document describing the gift of land including the saltpan to [[Newhouse Abbey]].<ref name="medsalt"/> [[File:Pilgrims Memorial, Immingham - geograph.org.uk - 74866.jpg|thumb|right|Pilgrim Fathers' memorial]] In 1608 the village briefly became a location in the story of the [[Pilgrim Fathers]] of America; their vessel was forced to put ashore due to bad weather, sailing up Killingholme Creek; the women of the party were allowed to sleep in the village church for the night, but news of this reached the authorities, with the consequence that the womenfolk were arrested, whilst the others escaped to the Netherlands. A popular protest secured the release of the women, who were then able to rejoin their families, and continue the journey.<ref>{{citation| first = Chris|last = Sharp| issue = August/September |year = 2001 |journal = British Heritage|title = _}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url = http://www.anglicanbooksrevitalized.us/Peter_Toons_Books_Online/History/pilgrimsfaith.htm | title = The Pilgrims' Faith| first = Peter|last = Toon|authorlink = Peter Toon|publisher = Gospel Communication| year = 1970}}</ref> In the later medieval period Immingham decline, reduced from 66 households in 1523 to 46 in 1723, in common with other Lincolnshire places on or near the Humber banks. The silting of the haven leading from the Humber has been supposed as one possible cause.<ref>{{citation| url = | title = English Peasant Farming: The Agrarian History of Lincolnshire from Tudor to Recent Times| first = Joan|last = Thirsk| origyear = 1957| year =2010|pages = 142–146}}</ref> Churchfield Manor, in the northwest of the town dates to the late 1600s/early 1700s.<ref name="cm"/> Belmont cottage south of the church dates to the early 1800s.<ref name="bc"/> Both are now listed strucutures. The [[Ings]] at Immingham were enclosed in 1840.<ref name="gaz1872"/> A coastguard station erected in 1850.<ref name="gaz1872"/> The [[Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway]] (opened 1845) passed through the parish south of Immingham.{{sfn|Dow|1985|loc=pp.84-86; ''map'', inside cover}} In the 1870s the parish of Immingham had a population of 237, whilst Roxton was still known as a small hamlet. The parish had an area of {{convert|3195|acre}} which was mostly good grazing land - much of which was owned by the [[Earl of Yarborough]].<ref name="gaz1872"/> In addition to the church the village also had Weslyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.<ref name="gaz1872"/> ===1900-1950=== [[File:Pelham Road, Immingham - geograph.org.uk - 1122060.jpg|thumb|"Tin house" Iron clad housing built 1907. (2009)]] Building of the [[Immingham Dock]] began in 1906, and it was opened by [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] on 22 July 1912. In part funded by the [[Great Central Railway]], the dock property was {{convert|2+1/2|by|1|mi|km|1}}; covering {{convert|1000|acre|ha|0}}, with {{convert|45|acre|ha}} of water.{{sfn|Dow|1965|pp=231, 242, 260}} A railway line to the northwest, the [[Barton and Immingham Light Railway]] was opened in 1912. The docks were connected to their primary supply of labour in Grimsby by the [[Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway]], opened 1912.<ref>{{citation| title = The Tramways of South Yorkshire and Humberside| first = W.H.|last= Bett|first2 = J.C.|last2= Gillham|editor-first = J.H.| editor-last = Price| publisher = Light Railway Transport League}}</ref> As part of the development of the new port some wood framed, corrugated iron clad housing was constructed; several of these survived to the 21st century, and one of these dated 1907 is now a listed structure.<ref name="ib"/> During the [[First World War]], Immingham was a submarine base for [[British D class submarine]].<ref name="imm100">{{cite web|url=http://www.immingham100.co.uk/Events/Countdown/ |title=Countdown |publisher=Immingham 100 |date= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727064857/http://immingham100.co.uk/Events/Countdown/| archivedate = 27 July 2013}}</ref> There was also an anti-aircraft battery in the town, manned with [[1 pounder]] and later a [[QF 12-pounder 12 cwt AA gun|12-pounder gun]].<ref name="aa"/> By the 1920s the village of Immingham had been eclipsed in importance by the port; a publication of the [[Cambridge University Press]] opined: {{quote|Immingham is solely a commercial port; its official title of Immingham Dock describes it. There is no town and only a small population resident in this artificial creation|R.N. Rudmose Brown|1928.<ref>{{citation|title = Great Britain: Essays in Regional Geography|editor-first = Alan Grant| editor-last = Oglive| publisher = CUP Archive|year = 1928|chapter = 17. Holderness and the Humber| p=821|first = R.N. |last = Rudmose Brown}}</ref> }} By the early 1930s housing development was scattered across several locations: most was along Pelham Road, of which the majority was east of the original village (St. Andrew's church), centered around the ''County Hotel'', and close to the dock estate; further development had taken place south and south east of the church, also on Pelham road, in two locations each centered on one of the two nonconformist chapels. Almost all the housing was terraced, with the more generous ground plans found moving southwest along Pelham road.<ref>Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1932</ref> By the mid 1930s the village had grown as much to require a comprehensive school which opened in 1936.{{sfn|Pevsner|Harris|Antram|2002|p=404}} During the [[Second World War]] , [[John Noel Dowland|John Dowland]] and [[Leonard Henry Harrison|Leonard Harrison]] received the [[George Cross]] for defusing a bomb that had fallen onto the grain ship SS ''Kildare'' in February 1940 in Immingham Dock.<ref name="imm100" /> Anti-aircraft batteries were located around the dock during the war,<ref name="aah22"/><ref name="aah21"/> as well as at Homestead Park,<ref name="aal"/> and near Immingham Grange.<ref name="aah37"/> The Humber Force, part of the [[Home Fleet]] which had two cruisers and a destroyer flotilla, including [[HMS Afridi (F07)]] was based at Immingham during the war, as well as submarines including [[HMS Seal (N37)]].<ref name="imm100" /> ===1950-present=== [[File:Kennedy Way Shopping Centre - geograph.org.uk - 600577.jpg|thumb|Kennedy Way Shopping Centre (2007)]] At the beginning of the 1950s the village of Immingham had little expanded.<ref>Ordnance Survey 1:10560. 1932, 1951, 1956</ref> Development of new [[Industry of the South Humber Bank|industries on the South Humber bank]] after the [[Second World War]] caused further growth of the town. By 1981 the population had risen to 11,506; making it North Lincolnshire's fourth town, after [[Grimsby]], [[Cleethorpes]] and [[Scunthorpe]].{{sfn|Ellis|Crowther|1990|p=302}} The expansion of the village included: ''Eastfield County Junior School'' built in 1970; expansion of the comprehensive school, 1973;{{sfn|Pevsner|Harris|Antram|2002|p=404}} a shopping center "Kennedy Way" constructed in 1965-7; and north of the center 18 blocks of five storey flats constructed by [[George Wimpey]] from 1965;{{sfn|Pevsner|Harris|Antram|2002|p=405}} a Civic Center also opened in 1965.{{sfn|Pevsner|Harris|Antram|2002|p=405}} Standard housing also expanded: By 1968 there were many new side streets, in particular a new estate encompassed by Pilgrim Avenue; development along Pelham road had become almost continuous, and the new village now expanding northwest towards the old Immingham.<ref>Ordnance Survey 1:10560. 1951, 1956, 1968</ref> Further growth took place in the late 1960 and 1970s: northwest of Pelham road, with the village continuous towards Church Lane; a new estate southeast of Pilgrim road; as well as further infilling to the southwest.<ref>Ordnance Survey 1:10560/10000. 1968, 1972-4</ref> [[Immingham Dock railway station|Immingham Dock Station]], originally part of the [[Barton and Immingham Light Railway]] closed in 1969,<ref name="ids"/> whilst [[Immingham Museum]] was established in 1970.<ref name="mus">{{citation| url = http://www.imminghammuseum.org/?page_id=223| title = Immingham Museum - About| work = www.imminghammuseum.org| accessdate = July 2015}}</ref>{{refn|group="note"|As of 2015 housed in the Civic Center.<ref name="mus"/>}} In 1979 the Kennedy Way center was extended to house a further supermarket and other shop units.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} The local council added a Sports center in 1980.{{sfn|Pevsner|Harris|Antram|2002|p=405}} The expansion of the new town had peaked by the mid 1980s, with only minor extra expansion in the next two decades to 2006.<ref>Ordnance Survey. 1:10000, 1872-1985; 1:25000, 2006</ref> In 2007 Immingham School was renamed [[Oasis Academy Immingham]]. Plans for the redevelopment of the shopping center were published in January 2009. Plans drawn up by the owners, Wellway Properties Limited, and the supermarket chain [[Tesco]] show the partial demolition of the existing area and the creation of {{convert|30000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} superstore in its place, with the rest of the area being upgraded.<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Shopping-development-big-boost-Immingham/article-653146-detail/article.html | title = New Tesco plan is unveiled| work = www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk| date = 29 January 2009}}</ref> By September 2014 Tesco had delayed the opening of the store several times, with the opening delayed to beyond Summer 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Opening-Immingham-s-new-Tesco-store-delayed/story-22893506-detail/story.html|title=Opening of Immingham's new Tesco store delayed for a second time|work=Grimsby Telegraph| date= 8 September 2014}}</ref> By 2015 Tesco had abandoned plans to open a store, though the construction of a the building had been completed, had caused heavy disruption to the town and resulted in the loss of the town's sports centre.<ref>{{citation| url =http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Pressure-Tesco-new-tenant-axed-Immingham-store/story-25835136-detail/story.html| title = 'Pressure' on Tesco to find new tenant for axed Immingham store| date = 20 Jan 2015| work = www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk }}</ref> Supermarket retailers [[Somerfield]] took over a former [[Kwik Save]] shop at Kennedy Way c.2006; the branch became part of the [[Co-op]] after the takeover of the chain in 2010; in 2014 the Co-op announced it was to close the shop (closed September 2014). Supermarket chain [[Aldi]] acquired the site in 2014 with the aim of opening a new store in 2015;<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Immingham-branch-Aldi-opened-year/story-21302933-detail/story.html| title= Immingham branch of Aldi will be opened next year|work=Grimsby Telegraph| date=28 June 2014}}</ref> the store was opened in May 2015 by the Mayor of Immingham.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/about-aldi/new-stores/immingham/|title=ALDI Immingham|work=ALDI|accessdate=25 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{citation| url = http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/100-shoppers-queue-look-new-Immingham-Aldi-store/story-26501632-detail/story.html| title = Shoppers queue from 9pm last night to be first through door of new Aldi store | work = www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk| date = 14 May 2014|}}</ref> The town's [[Yorkshire Bank]] closed in August 2009 after 40 years of operation.<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.humberbusiness.com/news/Jobs-saved-axe-falls-bank/article-953829-detail/article.html | title = Jobs saved as axe falls on bank| work = www.humberbusiness.com| date = 1 May 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2015}}</ref> the [[Norwich and Peterborough Building Society]] closed their Immingham office in March 2010;<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Closure-Norwich-Peterborough-Building-Society-cost-jobs/article-1566864-detail/article.html |title=Closure at Norwich and Peterborough Building Society in Immingham North East Lincolnshire will cost jobs |publisher=This is Grimsby |date=2 December 2009 }}</ref> [[Barclays Bank]] closed their branch in the centre in late 2010.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} In 2012 planning permission was granted for a new large [[Tesco]] store to the north of Immingham Civic Centre, (originally consented 2009), and refurbishment and alterations to the Kennedy Way shopping centre.<ref>{{citation| url = http://planninganddevelopment.nelincs.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=ZZZZVHLJXB770 | title =DC/77/12/IMM - Variation of Condition 33 attached to planning application DC/584/09/IMM for redevelopment of Kennedy Way District Centre to allow amendment to approved scheme including reconfiguration of existing retail floor area and the provision of 664msq (gross external) additional retail floor area |type = planning application| publisher = North East Lincolnshire Council| date = 10 Feb 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citation| url = http://planninganddevelopment.nelincs.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=ZZZZVJLJXB362| title =DC/584/09/IMM | Redevelopment and refurbishment of the Kennedy Way District Centre, Immingham, for a food store (A1), retail units (A1), provide new shop fronts to existing units, change of use to financial and professional services (A2) of 17-19 Kennedy Way, associated access, parking, hard and soft landscaping and associated works |type = planning application| publisher = North East Lincolnshire Council| date = 20 Aug 2009 }}</ref> Preparatory work on a £10 million Tesco supermarket began 2014, with the Immingham Sports Centre to be demolished,<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Revamp-Kennedy-Way-shopping-precinct-Immingham/story-20665980-detail/story.html| title = Revamp of Kennedy Way shopping precinct in Immingham has got 'everyone buzzing'| date = 20 Feb 2014| work = www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk}}</ref> a new sports facility was to be provided at [[Oasis Academy Immingham|Oasis Academy]].<ref>{{citation| url = https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/news/2014/feb/major-works-start-immingham-s-kennedy-shopping-centre/| title = Major works start at Immingham’s Kennedy Way shopping centre | date = Feb 2014| publisher = North East Lincolnshire Council| type = press release }}</ref> A {{convert|1988|sqft}} [[Poundstretcher]] opened in Nov 2014 at the development,<ref>{{citation| url =http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/New-store-open-days-early-demand/story-24538815-detail/story.html| title = New Immingham Poundstretcher store opening today so shoppers can see what's on offer| date = 15 Nov 2014| work = www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk }}</ref> and [[B&M]] store in Dec 2014.<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/New-store-opened-Mayors/story-25697003-detail/story.html| title = B&M store in Immingham opened by TWO mayors & brings 30 jobs to town| date = 12 Dec 2014| work = www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk }}</ref> The new "Multi User Games Area" (MUGA) opened Mar 2015.<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Kids-kick-new-150k-Immingham-sports-facility/story-26249651-detail/story.html| title = Kids get a kick out of new £150k Immingham sports facility| date = 30 Mar 2015}}</ref> In Jan 2015 Tesco announced cost cutting plans following falling sales, and halted development of 49 stores,<ref>{{citation| url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30712762| title = Tesco to close 43 stores despite better Christmas sales| first = Joe|last = Miller| date = 8 Jan 2015| publisher = BBC }}</ref><ref>{{citation| url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/08/tesco-chief-unveils-dramatic-shake-up-troubled-supermarket| title = Tesco chief unveils dramatic shakeup at troubled supermarket| first = Zoe| last = Wood| date = 8 Jan 2015 | work =www.theguardian.com }}</ref> The built but unopened store in Immingham was [[mothballed]].<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-30743683| title = Immingham Tesco store decision 'a disgrace'| work = BBC News Humberside| date = 9 Jan 2015|}}</ref> As of late 2015 the unopened Tesco supermarket was being retained by Tesco.<ref>{{citation| url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Mothballed-Immingham-store-14-sites-sold-Tesco/story-27992624-detail/story.html| title = Mothballed Immingham store NOT among 14 sites to be sold by Tesco| date = 15 Oct 2015| work = www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk}}</ref> In early 2016 work began on the reconstruction of Immingham Civic Center - an aim was to concentrate public services at one location including Immingham Town Council, North East Lincolnshire Council offices, Humberside Police offices, Shoreline (housing agent) offices, a Library and the Immingham museum.<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Pioneering-development-Immingham-unite-essential/story-28654921-detail/story.html| title = Pioneering development in Immingham will unite essential community services under one roof| date = 3 Feb 2016| work = www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk }}</ref><ref>{{citation| url = http://planninganddevelopment.nelincs.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=NLINAHLJLEE00 | title = DM/0254/15/FUL - Demolish existing library & store structures, extension & internal rearrangement of Immingham Civic Centre .. | date = 30 March 2015| publisher = North East Lincolnshire Council| type = planning application }}</ref> ==Roxton== There was once a village at Roxton. The medieval village is evidenced by earthworks, as well a nearby cropmarking to the east.<ref name="medrid"/><ref name="rox"/> Additionally there may once have been a moated enclosure between Immingham and Roxton, now lost and not visible on modern maps.<ref name="ms"/> ==Notable people== * [[Sean Storey]], professional snooker player{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} * [[Ian Huntley]] (born 31 January 1974, Grimsby), [[Soham murders|Soham murderer]], lived at Immingham until the mid-1990s. Real name Ian Black<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1449738/Trail-of-underage-sex-and-violence-that-led-to-murders.html|title=Trail of underage sex and violence that led to murders|date=18 December 2003|work=The Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|accessdate=20 July 2012 | location=London}}</ref> ==See also== *[[Port of Immingham]], [[Port of Grimsby]], [[Industry of the South Humber Bank]] *[[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]], and [[Fishguard]], minor places in Wales, both expanded as result of a new port development in the late 19th/early 20th century. **See also: [[Fishguard Harbour]] and [[Barry Docks]] ==Notes== {{reflist|group="note"}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em| refs = <ref name="cm">{{NHLE|num= 1161630 |desc= CHURCHFIELD MANOR }}</ref> <ref name="bc">{{NHLE|num= 1161631 |desc= BELMONT COTTAGE }}</ref> <ref name="ib">{{NHLE|num= 1391349 |desc= THE IRON BUNGALOW }}</ref> <ref name="aah22">{{PastScape|num=1472424 |desc=HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY HUMBER H22}}</ref> <ref name="aa">{{PastScape|num=1473798 |desc=IMMINGHAM HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY}}</ref> <ref name="aal">{{PastScape|num=1472363 |desc= HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY HUMBER L }}</ref> <ref name="aah37">{{PastScape|num= 1472436 |desc=HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY HUMBER H37}}</ref> <ref name="aah21">{{PastScape|num= 1472359 |desc= HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY HUMBER H21}}</ref> <ref name="ms">{{PastScape|num= 80477 | desc=Medieval or Post Medieval moated site}}</ref> <ref name="medset">{{PastScape|num= 1053655 | desc=Probable Medieval settlement }}</ref> <ref name="medvil">{{PastScape|num= 80391 | desc= Shrunken Md.village rems.,Immingham }}</ref> <ref name="medrid">{{PastScape|num= 1053653 |desc= Probable Medieval ridge and furrow }}</ref> <ref name="rox">{{PastScape|num= 80462 |desc= ROXTON }}</ref> <ref name="medsalt">{{PastScape|num=80411 |desc=Medieval salt making site }}</ref> <ref name="ids">{{PastScape|num=498353 |desc=IMMINGHAM DOCK STATION}}</ref> <ref name="sta">{{NHLE|num= 1310011 |desc= CHURCH OF ST.ANDREW }}</ref> <ref name="cb">{{NHLE|num= 1161628 |desc= CROSS BASE APPROXIMATELY 8 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW }}</ref> <ref name="gaz1872">{{citation| url =https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VplQAAAAYAAJ | title = History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire, and the City and Diocese of Lincoln| first = William| last = White| year= 1872| at = Immingham, p.540}}</ref> }} ===Sources=== {{refbegin}} *{{citation| title = Humber Perspectives - A region throghout the ages| editor-first = S.|editor-last = Ellis| editor-first2 = D.R.| editor-last2= Crowther| publisher = Hull Univesrity Press | year =1990| isbn = 0859584844}} *{{citation| work = Pevsner Architectural Guides| title = Lincolnshire| first = Nikolaus| last = Pevsner| first2= John | last2 = Harris| first3= Nicholas| last3 = Antram| edition = 2nd| origyear=1989|year=2002| publisher = Yale University Press| isbn = 9780300096200}} *{{citation| title = Humber Perspectives - A region throghout the ages| editor-first = S.|editor-last = Ellis| editor-first2 = D.R.| editor-last2= Crowther| publisher = Hull Univesrity Press | year =1990| isbn = 0859584844}} *{{citation|title = Great Central|volume = 1. 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Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922 |year=1965 |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan]] |isbn=0-7110-0263-0 |ref=harv }} {{refend}} ===Literature=== *{{citation| title =Immingham: the story of a village| first =Alan R.| last = Tailby| isbn = 0950151408| year = 1970| publisher = Immingham Parish Council }} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Immingham}} * {{citation|url =http://www.abports.co.uk/Our_Locations/Humber/Immingham/| title = Immingham| work = www.abports.co.uk}} *{{citation| url = http://www.imminghammuseum.org/| title = Immingham Museum| work = www.imminghammuseum.org}} * {{citation| url = http://www.immingham-tc.gov.uk/ | title = Immingham Town Council| work= www.immingham-tc.gov.uk }} {{Portalbar|Lincolnshire|England|United Kingdom}} {{Lincolnshire|state=collapsed}} {{North East Lincolnshire (district) |state=collapsed}} {{Associated British Ports}} [[Category:Towns in Lincolnshire]] [[Category:Port cities and towns of the North Sea]] [[Category:North East Lincolnshire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire]]'