Habrough

Habrough is a village in North East Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2001 census was 649, and growing rapidly. Habrough railway station serves the village and the town of Immingham. The name Habrough is found in many old records as "Haburgh".

Habrough is both a village and a parish on the eastern side of the Wolds, 3 miles inland from the River Humber, 163 miles north of London, 9 miles northeast of Caistor, just west of Immingham parish and just south of Killingholme. The parish covers about 2,330 acres.

It is a small village located three miles to the west of Immingham and two miles south of South Killingholme. The village has a gun shop, the public house is called The Station, there is a small guest house, the Old Chapel, as well as the Habrough Hotel.

The village has land owned by the Earl of Yarborough and is located less than a mile away from the Brocklesby House estate of the Earl of Yarborough.

The village is still on the railline established in the 1800s by the Great Central railway. Humberside Airport is 5km South West.

Habrough Church History

The Anglican parish register dates from 1538. The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Margaret. The church tower was restored in 1684. The church was rebuilt in 1869 using Kirton and Ancaster stone. The church seats 175 people.

The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here, rebuilt in 1869. The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel here, rebuilt in 1873.