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Immingham
port town, key for shipping and industry
Immingham is 6 miles west of Grimsby on the south bank of the Humber Estuary. The ending “ham” is Anglo Saxon in origin. It was referred to as Imungeham in Domesday Book and by 1115 had become Immingeham.
The Port of Immingham and Grimsby is the largest port by tonnage with 54m tonnes of cargo passing through in 2019, with the port being a critical part of the supply chain for sustainable electricity generation. It was the Grand Central Railway in the early 1900’s who began the development of Immingham Dock. A temporary town was built in 1906 to house the workers who built the dock. All of the buildings were constructed with a timber frame covered with corrugated iron, so it soon came to be known as ‘Tin Town’. The last remaining building is now the Tin Town Heritage Centre and has recently been restored.
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In 1608 Immingham became part of the Mayflower Pilgrims story.
Keen to escape Britain to find religious freedom, the Pilgrim’s vessel was forced ashore due to bad weather as they sailed up Killingholme Creek. The women were allowed ashore to sleep in the church for the night, but when the authorities found out they came and arrested the womenfolk whilst the others escaped to the Netherlands. Popular protest secured their release and they rejoined their families to continue their journey, eventually reaching America. St Andrew’s church dates to the early medieval period. There is a memorial erected in 1924 by the Anglo-American Society, it is made from granite taken from Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts. There is also a Pilgrim Trail which starts at the Immingham Museum, which is also home to the Great Central Railway Society archive.
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