Healing, Lincolnshire
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Healing is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire
, England. It lies between Stallingborough
and Great Coates
, and 3 miles (4.8 km) to the west from Grimsby
. Its population at the 2001 census was 2,606.
The village has a post office
, fish and chip
shop and hairdressers, and is served by Healing railway station
, on the Barton-Cleethorpes
line, and a local bus service. Access to a payphone is also available.
It has two schools, Healing Primary School and Healing Comprehensive
. A new housing estate was built around 2001.
There are two local men's football teams, and a junior football team, the Healing Hotspurs.
Healing Grade II listed Anglican parish church is of 13th century origin and dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. The upper parts of the tower are in Decorated style and ashlar-faced
. It was partly rebuilt in 1840, and later heavily restored in 1876 by "Fowler of Louth"
, who added a new roof and windows and rebuilt its south side. Within the churchyard is a listed 14th or 15th century cross base. A further listed building at Healing is a late 18th or early 19th century farm range: a building typically containing stable, granary, dovecote and store.
Healing consisted of 29 households at the time of Domesday Book
of 1086, when it was called variously "Hegelinge" "Hechelinge" and "Heghelinge", which probably came from Anglo-Saxon
Hægelingas = "the sons or followers of a man named Hægel".
In 1885 Kelly's noted that the area of the parish was of 1,296 acres and farmed on the four field system
North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire...
, England. It lies between Stallingborough
Stallingborough
Stallingborough is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, a short distance from both Grimsby and Immingham. The parish stretches from Lincolnshire to the Humber coast, and includes the hamlet of Little London.-Geography:...
and Great Coates
Great Coates
Great Coates is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is to the north-west of the Grimsby urban area, and is served by Great Coates railway station...
, and 3 miles (4.8 km) to the west from Grimsby
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
. Its population at the 2001 census was 2,606.
The village has a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, fish and chip
Fish and chips
Fish and chips is a popular take-away food in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada...
shop and hairdressers, and is served by Healing railway station
Healing railway station
Healing railway station serves the village of Healing in North East Lincolnshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail.-Service:...
, on the Barton-Cleethorpes
Barton Line
The Barton Line is a railway line in North and North East Lincolnshire. It runs from Barton-upon-Humber south east to Cleethorpes and was designated by the Department for Transport as a community rail line in February 2007....
line, and a local bus service. Access to a payphone is also available.
It has two schools, Healing Primary School and Healing Comprehensive
Healing School
Healing School A Science Academy is a co-educational, specialist academy school located on Low Road in the village of Healing, North East Lincolnshire, England.-Admissions:...
. A new housing estate was built around 2001.
There are two local men's football teams, and a junior football team, the Healing Hotspurs.
Healing Grade II listed Anglican parish church is of 13th century origin and dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. The upper parts of the tower are in Decorated style and ashlar-faced
Ashlar
Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges...
. It was partly rebuilt in 1840, and later heavily restored in 1876 by "Fowler of Louth"
James Fowler (architect)
James Fowler JP, FRIBA, known as “Fowler of Louth”, was an English ecclesiastical architect of the Victorian Age chiefly associated with the restoration and renovation of churches....
, who added a new roof and windows and rebuilt its south side. Within the churchyard is a listed 14th or 15th century cross base. A further listed building at Healing is a late 18th or early 19th century farm range: a building typically containing stable, granary, dovecote and store.
Healing consisted of 29 households at the time of Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
of 1086, when it was called variously "Hegelinge" "Hechelinge" and "Heghelinge", which probably came from Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon may refer to:* Anglo-Saxons, a group that invaded Britain** Old English, their language** Anglo-Saxon England, their history, one of various ships* White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, an ethnicity* Anglo-Saxon economy, modern macroeconomic term...
Hægelingas = "the sons or followers of a man named Hægel".
In 1885 Kelly's noted that the area of the parish was of 1,296 acres and farmed on the four field system