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Antiques Fair

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When:
24th March 2018 @ 9:30 am – 1:30 pm

Where:
The Buttercross, The Buttercross, Brigg, North Lincolnshire DN20 8ER, UK

March 24, 2018 | News Editor

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Madhatters Easter Eggstraviganzer

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When:
24th March 2018 @ 10:30 am – 4:00 pm

Where:
Pink Pig Farm, Home Lane, Scunthorpe

Come and join us for the Mad Hatters Easter Egg-straviganzer. Free Crème Eggs for all the kids, Easter Egg hunt, Baby Lambs, Our Assault Course will be out, The Queen of Hearts will be coming to visit us and you … Continued

March 24, 2018 | News Editor

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Super League: Hull KR 6-30 St Helens

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St Helens bounce back from last week’s defeat by Leeds by scoring five tries in a comfortable victory at Hull KR.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

March 23, 2018 | News Editor

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Super League: Hull FC 42-16 Catalans Dragons

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Hull FC run in five second-half tries as they thrash Super League’s bottom side Catalans Dragons.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

March 23, 2018 | News Editor

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Red Arrows crash: Tribute paid to ‘exceptional’ engineer

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The team’s squadron leader records a video tribute to the engineer who died in an aircraft crash.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

March 23, 2018 | News Editor

Lincolnshire

Shackleton descendant visits Hull photo exhibition

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The explorer’s granddaughter has spoken of Hull’s links to his Antarctic Expedition on a visit.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

March 23, 2018 | News Editor

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Prezzo restaurant group to close 94 outlets

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The group’s owner is closing 94 outlets including Prezzo, Cleaver, Mexico and Chimichanga restaurants.

Original Source BBC News Lincolnshire

March 23, 2018 | News Editor

Lincolnshire

A180 to get £10m resurfacing to tackle noise

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Villagers living near the A180 are celebrating after the Government pledged to replace the road with a quieter surface.

Original Source LincsFM 102.2

March 23, 2018 | News Editor

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Swing into action – Go Ape opens this week

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Go Ape at Normanby Hall Country Park opens this week on Saturday 24 March. Have you booked your Tree Top Adventure yet?

Original Source North Lincolnshire Council

March 23, 2018 | News Editor

North Lincolnshire

Work access for disabled receives financial boost

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A rise in Access to Work grants for the disabled has been welcomed by the Leader of North Lincolnshire Council.

Original Source North Lincolnshire Council

March 23, 2018 | News Editor

North Lincolnshire

Not to be confused with Humberstone, Leicestershire.

Humberston
Humberston Beach
Humberston Humberston shown within Lincolnshire
Population	5,384 (2001)
OS grid reference	TA310053
- London	140 mi (230 km) south
Civil parish	Humberston
District	North East Lincolnshire
Unitary authority	North East Lincolnshire
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRIMSBY
Postcode district	DN36
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Cleethorpes

Humberston is a large village and civil parish to the south of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England (the boundary with Cleethorpes runs along North Sea Lane and Humberston Road). Its population at the 2001 census was 5,384. However, it is likely to have increased in the past 10 years.^[1]

The Greenwich Meridian line

North Sea Lane

The Prime Meridian passes to the east of Humberston and runs through Thorpe Park caravan site.^{[citation needed]}

Humberston, or Humberstone as the village was known at first, takes its name from a large boulder, the Humber Stone, which was deposited on the site of the former Midfield Farm on the east side of the village during the last ice age.^{[citation needed]} This boulder can still be seen at the entrance to the village library, near St Peters Church. The "e" at the end of the name was later dropped, to avoid confusion with another place of the same name, viz. Humberstone, Leicestershire.

St.Peter's church

The oldest and tallest building in Humberston is St Peter's Church, rebuilt about 1710, the tower of which is over seven hundred years old.^[2] At the back of the church is the site of the former Humberston Abbey of Benedictine monks founded here in the reign of Henry II, dedicated to Saints Mary and Peter. The only remains that are left are ground workings of which the monks' mound is very prominent in the manor house garden, and during excavations stone sarcophagi were found.^[3] The Wesleyan Methodists built a small chapel here on Humberston Avenue in 1835. A larger, replacement chapel was built in 1907.^[4]

Humberstone has several claims for historic prominence:

This is where the Danes landed early in the year 870 to begin their scourge and plunder of Lincolnshire.^{[citation needed]}
One of the first Wireless Stations was built here in 1910.^{[citation needed]}

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