- Healing, Lincolnshire
Healing is a village near
Grimsby inNorth East Lincolnshire ,England , betweenStallingborough andGreat Coates . Its population at the 2001 census was 2,601.It has two reputable schools,
Healing Primary School and Healing Comprehensive. A new estate was built recently which has led to some minor ill-feeling between existing villagers and new residents.The village is served by a
post office , fish and chip shop and hairdressers. Access to a payphone is also available. The village is served byHealing railway station , on the Barton-Cleethorpes line, and local buses stop at the village.The village also has two local men's football teams, whose success fluctuates from season to season. The village also has a junior football club,
Healing Hotspurs , who are an FA Charter Standard Club, and have teams from age 8 to 16. The proposed newGrimsby Town Football Club stadium, though nearer to Great Coates village, lies just within the Healing parish boundary.The Healing Comprehensive school's previous year eleven team went to France to play in the finals of a 14-16s final
Its name is recorded in the
Domesday Book as "Hegelinge" and probably came fromAnglo-Saxon "Hægelingas" = "the sons or followers of a man named Hægel".External links
* [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=521500&y=410500&z=3&sv=521500,410500&st=4&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf Location of Healing]
*mmukscaled|TA2150010500|200|Maps and aerial photos
* [http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=3524 Healing Parish Council]
* [http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=1370 Healing Primary School]
* [http://www.healinghotspurs.org.uk Healing Hotspurs]
* [http://www.healingssc.co.uk/ Healing Comprehensive School]
* [http://www.healinghotspurs.org.uk/Groundsman%20Paddy.jpgPaddy Cheeseman]
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