Mural honours ‘brave’ fishermen who swept seas

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Kirmington
Kirmington high street
Kirmington Kirmington shown within Lincolnshire
Population	337 (2001)
OS grid reference	TA104108
District	North Lincolnshire
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	DN39 6
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Cleethorpes

Kirmington is a village in North Lincolnshire, England.^[1] It is part of the civil parish of Kirmington and Croxton .^[2] It lies just north from the A18 road, 5 miles (8.0 km) west from Immingham and 7 miles (11.3 km) east from Brigg. Less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west is Humberside International Airport, the former WW2 RAF Kirmington.

St Helen's Church, Kirmington

Kirmington's recorded population in the 2001 Census was 337.^[1]

The village Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Helena.^[3] It is part of the Brocklesby Park group of the Deanery of Yarborough.^[4]St Helena was the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine.^[5]

A Wesleyan (Methodist) chapel was built in 1835 and had to be rebuilt in 1885. The chapel closed in 1976.^[6]

The village school is the Kirmington St Helena's Church of England Primary school, originally built in Victorian times, and only recently extended with the addition of facilities for pre-school children in 2007.^[7]

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Mural honours ‘brave’ fishermen who swept seas

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Mural honours ‘brave’ fishermen who swept seas