- New Holland, North Lincolnshire
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Coordinates: 53°42′N 0°22′W / 53.70°N 0.36°W
New Holland 
Christ Church, New Holland
New Holland
New Holland shown within LincolnshirePopulation 955 (2001 census) OS grid reference TA083238 Unitary authority North Lincolnshire Ceremonial county Lincolnshire Region East Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town BARROW-UPON-HUMBER Postcode district DN19 Police Lincolnshire Fire Lincolnshire Ambulance East Midlands EU Parliament East Midlands List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire New Holland is a small village, civil parish and port on the Humber estuary in the Borough of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England. It has a population of 955.[1]
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History
Formerly the embarkation point for the London & North Eastern Railway's ferry service to Victoria Pier, Kingston upon Hull. The ferry service was operational from 1820 to 1981, when the Humber Bridge opened. One of the former paddle steamers used on the route, the PS Tattershall Castle now serves as a London pub and restaurant, moored at The Embankment. Another former ferry, the Lincoln Castle, served a similar purpose at Grimsby until 2006,[2] whilst the third of the trio of L.N.E.R. built steamers, PS Wingfield Castle returned home to Hartlepool, the place of its building where it is featured in the historic port museum.
Transport
The village is served by New Holland railway station.
Port
The port of New Holland is split into two parts. Firstly, the small tidal dock which was built in around 1848 with the coming of the railway and the jetty where New Holland Pier was formerly the terminal for the ferry crossing to Hull.
The port handles mostly bulk cargoes. The tidal dock is almost entirely used for the import of timber from Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic states. Regular ports of origin for timber cargoes include Hamina (Finland), Kalmar (Sweden), St.Petersburg (Russia), Tallinn (Estonia) and Riga (Latvia) though many other ports feature. There are also occasional imports of steel products which usually arrive from the near continent. The tidal dock generally only accommodates one vessel at a time.
The jetty, which has since the early 1980s been used for the import/export of bulk cargoes handles more ships than the tidal dock and is capable of accommodating larger vessels due to its location in the deeper river channel. Cargoes from the jetty originate and are destined to all parts of Scandinavia, Europe, the Black Sea and North Africa. The jetty has berths for three ships to be worked at any one time.
References
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics. "Census 2001". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790286. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ "Lincoln Castle". paddlesteamers.awardspace.com. http://paddlesteamers.awardspace.com/LincolnCastle.htm. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
External links
Media related to New Holland, North Lincolnshire at Wikimedia CommonsCategories:- Villages in Lincolnshire
- Ports and harbours of Lincolnshire
- Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
- Ports and harbours of the Humber
- North Lincolnshire
- Lincolnshire geography stubs
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