Nunsthorpe is a suburb and housing estate in the western part of Grimsby, bordering Bradley and Scartho |
This Estate has gone through a long period of bad press, with the police and fire service spending a lot more time in the estate than out of it, however the estate has definitely turned a corner, house prices were increasing before the resession (something unheard of in the estate 10 years ago) crime is much lower, and people are starting to want to live there again. |
| I am not saying its now perfect, there are still some areas you would certainly not want to visit, yet alone live, but some areas are now very nice and i would have no hesitation living there myself. The main trouble areas appears to have moved elsewhere, mainly to areas of high quantity of private rented properties in east marsh district. |
There are in excess of 2,400 homes on the nunsthorpe estate, mainly former council properties now owned by the Shoreline Housing Partnership, or in private ownership. There is a small area of properties belonging to the Havelok/Northern Counties housing associations. |
| The Original Development (the older housing) is referred to as Old Nunsthorpe. |
| Although a 20th century development, the name was derived from the Nuns who used to be at the Augustinian Priory (St Leonard) , and the Old English word Thorpe which was used to describe a village. Nunsthorpe was never an actual village despite its name. |
| The Priory was dissolved by King Henry 8 in 1539 along with so many other priories and abbeys in the United Kingdom including Louth Abbey, and Thornton Abbey nearby. |
| In 1954 Grimsby College, now called The Grimsby Institute of Higher and Further Education, acquired the site. |
| In 1928, with the absorption of Scartho into Grimsby , Nunsthorpe being under scartho control, followed by default. |
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Saint
Martin's Community Action Group. |
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Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Residents and Tenants Association. |
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Nunsthorpe
Young Peoples Service. |
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Nunsthorpe
Community School and Woodlands Primary School |
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Nunsthorpe
Community Campus |
Animal care, building construction
and horticulture courses. |
Nunsthorpe
& Bradley Park Children's Centre |
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