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Origins and development Nunsthorpe takes its name from the Medieval Nun nery that once stood at what is today Nuns Corner, where Scartho Road joins Laceby Road. This Augustinian Priory of Saint Leonard was Dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539 . Later on the land was occupied by Nuns Farm , now the site is home to the Grimsby Institute of Higher and Further Education . For centuries the land on which Nunsthorpe now stands was comprised of Open Field s, which straddled what was then the southern boundary of Grimsby with the neighbouring Parish of Scartho . Under Enclosure awards of 1798 (in Scartho) and 1840 (in Grimsby) this land was acquired by Lord Yarborough . Following the end of World War One decent Home s were needed for the returning Servicemen . House Building was started by Grimsby Borough Council in 1920 , on land bought from Lord Yarborough. Originally called the Laceby Road Site until 1923 , the new Nunsthorpe Housing Estate , with its modern conveniences and large gardens, was also known as Garden City . Over the years homes were provided for young families, many of whom had been transferred from Demolished Slums in nearby areas. The area of pre- World War Two housing in the eastern part of the estate is called Old Nunsthorpe, while the post-war development is known as New Nunsthorpe. The first Shop s were built in Second Avenue in 1927 and the first bus service from Grimsby town centre to Nunsthorpe started in 1928 . Also in 1928 (with the absorption of Scartho) the whole of the present Nunsthorpe area came under the control of Grimsby council. Nunsthorpe School was opened in 1931 . Previously children from the estate had been bussed to a school in another part of the town. In 1943 a number of people were killed and houses were damaged, when Butterfly Bomb s were dropped on the estate during a German Air Raid on Grimsby. In 1947 a large wooden hut was purchased and erected in Burwell Drive. This became the estate's earliest Community Centre and was followed by the formation of Nunsthorpe's first Community Association . The Prefab s were built by Grimsby council in 1946 , to alleviate the post-war housing shortage and were meant to last for only ten years. Most of those prefabs containing Asbestos were demolished between 1994 and 1997 . Of the original 181 such prefabs only three owner-occupied ones remain. All the prefabs of Aluminium construction were refurbished. There are presently around 2,400 houses on the estate. Included in this total is the small area of private housing near Saint Marks church and the Havelok /Northern Counties Housing Association s' development on the former prefab site. To the west is the Bradley Park Estate which contains a further 400-plus houses and flats. This estate was built in the late 1970s on land that was previously part of Bradley parish. To the north is the Grange Estate and on the eastern boundary is Grimsby Swimming Pool . The Scartho Top private housing estate lies to the south, although there is no direct access between this estate and Nunsthorpe. The Diana Princess Of Wales Hospital borders Nunsthorpe, the Grimsby Community Clinic is nearby in Kingsley Grove and the Jewish Cemetery is in First Avenue. The cemetery pre-dates the estate, having been consecrated in 1896 . There are shopping areas in Second Avenue, Sutcliffe Avenue and Bradley Park. The Nunsthorpe Business Units, which were set up to help Residents establish small enterprises, are in Winchester Avenue. There is a recreation ground, a community Gym and a Public House called the Nunsthorpe Tavern , all situated in Sutcliffe Avenue. Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park are part of the Grimsby South Ward , which sends three representatives to North East Lincolnshire Unitary Authority . These are currently one Labour and two Liberal Democrat Councillors . The two estates are also within the area served by the Grimsby South Local Team of Humberside Police . Improvement schemes and resident consultation In 1992 , for purposes of resident consultation, Grimsby council divided the estate into the Old Nunsthorpe, Nunsthorpe Central and Nunsthorpe West Neighbourhood s. Bradley Park formed a separate neighbourhood. Each area had a steering Committee which sent delegates to a co-ordinating body called the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Forum. At that time discussions were taking place on the possibility of setting up a Tenant Management Organisation in each neighbourhood. Independent consultants were brought in to canvass the views of residents and meetings were held. There was some support for the idea of TMOs, but nothing materialised. In 1994 the Department For The Environment approved multi-million pound funding for Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park. This Estate Action scheme allowed for internal improvements to Council Houses and general improvements, such as better Street Lighting and the provision of off-road parking facilities. It also included the installation of Traffic Calming measures. The Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Forum became directly elected. Committee members were elected on an area basis by postal ballot. The forum had three sub-committees, one dealing with landlord/tenant issues, another with Estate Action improvements and a third with economic, social, and cultural development on the estates. The forum was dissolved in 2004 . Two resident Association s, Bradley Park and Nunsthorpe Central, which existed between 1993 and 1999 , also sent delegates to the forum. These associations had replaced the steering committees for their respective neighbourhoods. Attempts to set up resident associations in Old Nunsthorpe and Nunsthorpe West were unsuccessful. A Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Youth Association was established in 1996 , supervised by the two adult associations. National Lottery funding enabled this organisation to employ a full-time Youth Worker . During 1997 a second residents association was briefly formed on Bradley Park, in opposition to the existing group. Also in that year a short-lived Nunsthorpe South association was set up. There are now no separate neighbourhood groups. Council housing stock transfer Following its introduction in 1980 , some council tenants in Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park took advantage of the Right To Buy Scheme . In 2004 tenants in North East Lincolnshire were balloted on whether the council housing stock should be transferred to a housing association. After a 'yes' vote the remaining council houses on the two estates (around 1,600), together with the rest of the authority's housing stock, were transferred to Shoreline, a new locally-based housing association, in March 2005 . Shoreline tenants in Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park send representatives to the Boroughwide Tenant Assembly . Nunsthorpe is generally regarded as Grimsby's 'slum district' because there are many boarded up houses, but attempts are being made to rid the estate of its negative reputation. Nunsthorpe is informally referred to as 'Nunny' by the inhabitants of Grimsby. Shops in Nunsthorpe are frequently robbed with a local Convenience Store being repeatedly targeted over a three month period. However those who cause trouble on the estate are only a tiny minority. Community organisations A number of organisations work in Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park. One of these is the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community Association, which is based at the purpose-built community centre in Wootton Road. The centre was opened in 1985 . The association was revived in 2004, having previously existed between 1985 and 1994. Other organisations include the South Ward Action Group (formed in 2002 ), Saint Martins Community Action Group (2004), Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Residents and Tenants Association (2005), Nunsthorpe Youth Centre in Wootton Road and the Second Avenue Resource Centre. Formerly called the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Resource Centre, this opened in 1995 on the former Sutcliffe Special School site. Wardens from the Safe and Clean Environmental team operate on the estates. Safe and Clean has a junior warden section called Kandoo Kidz. Nunsthorpe Forward is composed of representatives from the resource centre, estate community groups, ward councillors, Shoreline Housing, Police and other agencies operating on the estate. In 2003 a quarterly Magazine called Livewire was introduced. Livewire gives news and views from around Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park. It incorporated the resource centre Newsletter , 'Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Matters', which had regularly been distributed to houses in the area since 1995. The residents association also circulates its own newsletter. Education The Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Children's Centre in Sutcliffe Avenue (formed by the combination of the Sure Start Centre and Nunsthorpe Nursery School ), Woodlands Acorns Daycare Centre on Bradley Park and Butterflies Day Nursery based at the resource centre, provide support for the estates' children. There is also the Community Family Club , which organises regular activities. Primary Education is provided by the Nunsthorpe Community School (situated next to the Children's Centre) and Woodlands Primary School in Pinewood Crescent, Bradley Park. Nunsthorpe Community School was created in 2001 by the merger of the Nunsthorpe infants and Junior School s. In 1999 the Bradley Park infants and junior schools amalgamated, adopting the new name of Woodlands Primary School. It was the first school in the country to implement the five-term year. Saint Mary s Roman Catholic School, a specialist Languages and Humanities college, is located in Wootton Road. The Grimsby Institute is renovating a disused part of the Nunsthorpe school building in Sutcliffe Avenue. The work is due to be finished in July 2006 and the new Campus will house animal care, Building Construction and Horticulture courses. It will also be available for community use. The Nunsthorpe branch Library will be closed and its facilities moved to the new College premises, under a partnership arrangement between the Institute and North East Lincolnshire Council. Religion Situated around the edges of Nunsthorpe are several Churches . There is Saint Martins on Scartho Road, which is Church Of England . Saint Mark s, also C. of E. and Laceby Road Methodist Church, are on the Nunsthorpe side of Laceby Road, while Grimsby Baptist Church is on the Grange Estate side. Together with Saint Pius X Roman Catholic Church, also on the Grange Estate, these co-operate to provide a weekly 'pop-in' club at the Nunsthorpe community centre. LOCAL BUILDINGS
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