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The raid on the property in Frodingham Road, close by the Crosby and District WMC, was said to be an intelligence-led operation. Three women and one man were arrested yesterday (June 14) on suspicion of firearms and money-laundering offences.

June 15, 2017 | News Editor

Scunthorpe

Man sentenced after knifepoint hostage burglaries

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A Gainsborough man’s been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 10 years for robbing and tying down pensioners.

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June 15, 2017 | News Editor

Regional

Rumour: Scunthorpe United set to sign Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Matt Gilks

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Scunthorpe United manager Graham Alexander is closing in on a new goalkeeper, according to reports. According to The Sun’s Alan Nixon, the Iron are set to land Wigan Athletic keeper Matt Gilks as they look to replace Luke Daniels and Joe Anyon who both …

June 15, 2017 | News Editor

Scunthorpe

Starbucks is coming to Cleethorpes this autumn!

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International coffee chain Starbucks has confirmed that it will be opening its new store in Cleethorpes this autumn. The area has not had a Starbucks since the chain left Freshney Place in 2013, and it has now been granted a 10-year lease to move into …

June 15, 2017 | News Editor

Cleethorpes

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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