East Halton - Izeria

East Halton is a small village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated close to the Humber estuary, approximately 4 miles (6 km) north-west from Immingham and 1 mile (1.6 km) north from the neighbouring village of North Killingholme. The 2001 census recorded a population of 604 people, increasing to 626 at the 2011 census. East Halton Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Peter. It originated in the 13th century, and was restored by James Fowler of Louth in 1868, who raised the chancel and aisle. The village had Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The village has a primary school, village shop and post office, and the Black Bull public house. East Halton was previously served by East Halton railway station on the New Holland and Immingham Dock branch of the Great Central Railway. East Halton is home to a rare Lincolnshire variant of the British brownie legend. According to a nineteenth-century account, a helpful supernatural folklore being aided a local farmer for years, asking only for a linen smock each New Year. When offered a coarse sack instead, the creature vanished forever, cursing the farmer’s thrift and foretelling misfortune.

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East Halton railway station

East Halton railway station was located on Skitter Road north of East Halton, Lincolnshire, England. The station was built by the Barton and Immingham Light Railway under the auspices of the Great Central Railway. The line's primary purpose was to enable workers to get to and from Immingham Dock which was being built at the time the line was opened. The typical journey time to the dock was fifteen minutes. The station was the only one on the line built with two brick faced platforms, though the second track and platform were removed in later years. In 1954 the platform facilities consisted of a seat, a corrugated iron shelter a station sign reading East Halton Halt and two lamps. Shortly after closure the track was lifted for about 100 yards from the junction at Goxhill, leaving the line through the station as a long siding which was sometimes used to store redundant wagons. Some time later the track was lifted through the station almost to Killingholme Admiralty Platform. In 2015 the line of route was still plain to see.

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Killingholme A power station

Killingholme A Power Station was a combined‐cycle gas turbine natural gas power station within the civil parish of North Killingholme, in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. The facility lies north of the Lindsey Oil Refinery, and adjacent to Killingholme B power station. Killingholme A (665 MW) opened in 1994 and its final synchronisation took place in March 2016 with a combined station output of 635 MW.

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Thornton Abbey

Thornton Abbey was a medieval abbey located close to the small North Lincolnshire village of Thornton Curtis, near Ulceby, and directly south of Hull on the other side of the Humber estuary. Its ruins are a Grade I listed building, including notably England's largest and most impressive surviving monastic gatehouse. It was founded as a priory in 1139 by William le Gros, the Earl of Yorkshire, and raised to the status of abbey in 1148 by Pope Eugene III. It was a house for Augustinian or black canons, who lived a communal life under the Rule of St Augustine but also undertook pastoral duties outside the Abbey. Officers within the abbey included a cellarer, bursar, chamberlain, sacrist, kitchener and an infirmer. A medieval hospital also operated near the abbey, founded no later than 1322. Due to its involvement in the area's burgeoning wool trade, Thornton was a wealthy and prestigious house, with a considerable annual income in 1534 of £591 0s 2¾d. The abbey was closed in 1539 by Henry VIII as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It survived by becoming a Secular College, until Secular Colleges were also closed, in 1547. Thornton Abbey railway station is nearby.

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Killingholme B power station

Killingholme B Power Station is a Combined‐cycle gas turbine natural gas power station in the civil parish of North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire, north of the Lindsey Oil Refinery, and adjacent to Killingholme A power station Killingholme B (900 MW) opened in 1993 and is owned by Uniper (Formerly E.ON UK).

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