29 Facts About Grimsby

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Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England.

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Grimsby is 45 miles north-east of Lincoln, 33 miles south-south-east of Hull, 28 miles south-east of Scunthorpe, 50 miles east of Doncaster and 80 miles south-east of Leeds.

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Grimsby was once the home port for the world's largest fishing fleet around the mid-20th century, but fishing then fell sharply.

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4.

Grimsby suffered post-industrial decline like most other post-industrial towns and cities.

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5.

Grimsby people are called Grimbarians; the term codhead is used jokingly, often for football supporters.

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6.

Grimsby is the second largest settlement by population in Lincolnshire after Lincoln, with Scunthorpe being the third largest.

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Town was named "Great Grimsby" to distinguish it from Little Grimsby, a village about 14 miles to the south, near Louth.

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8.

Grimsby is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a population of around 200, a priest, a mill, and a ferry.

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Grimsby grew in the 12th century into a fishing and trading port, at one time ranking twelfth in importance to the Crown for tax revenue.

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10.

Demand for fish in Grimsby meant that at its peak in the 1950s it claimed to be the largest fishing port in the world.

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11.

Since the December 2019 general election, Lia Nici has been the Member of Parliament for the Great Grimsby constituency, having won the seat from the former MP, Melanie Onn, who had served since 2015.

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12.

Great Grimsby formed an ancient Borough in the North Riding of Lindsey.

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13.

In 1889 a County Council was created for Lindsey, but Great Grimsby was outside its area of control and formed an independent County Borough in 1891.

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In 1974, the County Borough was abolished and Great Grimsby was reconstituted with the same boundaries as Grimsby non-metropolitan district in the new county of Humberside, under the Local Government Act 1972.

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The former Great Grimsby district merged with that of Cleethorpes to form the unitary authority of North East Lincolnshire.

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16.

Grimsby is strongly linked with the sea fishing industry that once generated wealth for the town.

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17.

Grimsby is recognised as the main centre of the UK fish-processing industry; 70 per cent of the UK's fish-processing industry is located there.

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18.

Traditional Grimsby smoked fish was awarded a Protected Geographical Indication in 2009 by the European Union.

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19.

Greater Grimsby is a European centre of excellence in producing chilled prepared meals, and the area has Europe's largest concentration of cold-storage facilities.

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20.

Many Grimsby pupils attend secondary education in Cleethorpes, Healing, Humberston and Waltham, and further afield at Caistor Grammar.

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21.

Independent schools in Grimsby include St James' School and St Martin's Preparatory School.

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22.

The Grimsby Institute offers further and higher education courses mostly for vocational purposes.

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23.

Grimsby Electric was a normal-gauge tramway opened in 1912 between Corporation Bridge at Grimsby and Immingham.

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24.

Grimsby Town was relegated on 7 May 2010 to the Football Conference, losing its status as a League club.

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25.

Grimsby Borough FC is a football club established in 2003 and based in Grimsby.

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26.

Musical entertainment is provided at the Grimsby Auditorium, built in 1995 in Cromwell Road, Yarborough, near Grimsby Leisure Centre.

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27.

Grimsby is the site of a Blue Cross Animal Hospital, one of only four in the country, the other three being in London.

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28.

Previously in Cleethorpe Road, the Grimsby hospital moved in 2005 to a new building, Coco Markus House, in Nelson Street.

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29.

Grimsby Telegraph, had an audited circulation of 14,344 copies in 2017.

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