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Located in the county of North East Lincolnshire, and around 150 miles north of London, is the town of Grimsby. The origins of Grimsby go back to the 9th century AD. The name comes from a Danish fisherman called Grim. The legend goes that Grim fled to these shores when handed the task of murder. He had been ordered to drown the young Prince Havelock. Unable to go through with the task, he escaped across the North Sea. Having discovered the Humber estuary, Grim found it ideally situated to become a fishing village, Hence 'Grim's by' was established ('by' meaning village in Old Norse). Due to its geographic location on the bank of the River Freshney just adjacent to the Humber estuary leading out to the North Sea, Grimsby has been an established fishing port since around the 12th century. A town charter was granted by King John in 1201. By 1801 the population of Grimsby was just over 1,500. After a widening of the waterways leading to the River Humber, the town began to grow. The arrival of the railway in Grimsby in 1848 allowed for more goods to be transported to and from the port. Typically, iron, timber, wheat, hemp and flax were imported while coal from South Yorkshire was exported. In 1852 the Royal Dock was built. During the same year, Grimsby Dock Tower was constructed. Modelled on the Torre del Mangia in Siena, Italy, this tower stands at 94 metres/309 ft high. Its purpose was to lift and power the machinery via hydraulic pressure. Use of the Dock Tower ceased in 1892 when its function was replaced by a newer structure. Nevertheless, it remains standing as a Grade I listed building and an iconic landmark of Grimsby. By the 1860s there were over 100 fishing vessels in Grimsby. A number of additional docks were added over the coming decades including Alexandra Dock and Union Dock. During the Second World War the Royal Dock was used as the UK's largest base for minesweepers to patrol the North Sea. Several trawlers were repurposed for this task, with crews typically consisting of ex-trawlermen. With much of the same equipment, they were able to bring mines to the surface. Due to the dangerous nature of the task, over 2000 lives were lost, and more vessels were sunk than any other Royal Navy branch in the Second World War. At its peak in the 1950s Grimsby had around 600 trawlers and laid claim to the title of the largest fishing port in the world. Its fortunes changed drastically following entry into the European Economic Community in 1974, or European Union as it is now known. The Common Fisheries Policy, adopted in 1983, set out quotas for each member state within 200 nautical miles of the UK coast, allocating them a share of the fish. This left Grimsby suddenly only able to access a small percentage of the very waters they had been trawling for over a century. Within a short space of time the fleet of active trawlers dwindled from hundreds down to zero. One such trawler can be seen in the town today - Ross Tiger. Having entered service in 1957, Ross Tiger was retired in 1984. She now serves as a museum, docked just outside the Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre. This is also a museum which tells the tale of the fishing trade in the town with the aid of a series of waxwork figures. Following the demise of the trawlers, the economy of Grimsby now revolves mainly around the service industry. Freshney Place Shopping Centre employs over 2000 retail workers. Young's Seafood are headquartered in Grimsby and help to keep the fishing legacy alive as a producer and distributor of frozen, fresh and chilled seafood. Grimsby is represented in sport by Grimsby Town Football Club. Nicknamed The Mariners, they play their home games at Blundell Park, which is actually located in the neighbouring town of Cleethorpes. Elton John's 1974 album Caribou featured the song 'Grimsby', inspired by lyricist Bernie Taupin's visits to the docks whilst growing up. 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO 4K EXPLORER FOR NEW VIDEOS EVERY WEEK 👇 https://www.youtube.com/4KExplorer?su... Filmed: 14th August 2021 Link to the walk on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/XroxCkuanGcmYq2L9 Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 River Freshney 0:18 Victoria Street South 1:21 Victoria Street West 2:00 Town Hall Street 3:01 Town Hall Square 3:38 Osborne Street 5:26 South St Mary's Gate 6:22 Bethlehem Street 7:07 Old Market Place 8:07 Victoria Street South 11:40 Freshney Place Shopping Centre 11:50 Victoria Street South 13:02 River Freshney Water Front 16:18 Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre 16:40 Alexandra Dock 17:41 Ross Tiger (only surviving middle water side trawler in the UK, now a museum) 18:33 Alexandra Dock 20:05 Corporation Bridge 20:55 Dock Tower (built 1852)