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Holbeach United F.C.

Holbeach United F.C.

Holbeach United F.C. is an English football club based in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division and play at Carters Park.HistoryThe club was established in 1929 initially playing in the Kings Lynn League, and then the Spalding and Boston leagues before joining Division Two of the Peterborough & District League in 1936. They were promoted to Division One in 1938. After finishing second in 1945–46 they moved up to the United Counties League. In 1955 they were one of four clubs that applied for three places in the Eastern Counties League. Although they were the one to miss out in the vote, another club resigned from the league and a further vote on Holbeach's candidacy saw member clubs vote 11 to 5 to accept them.In 1961 the Midland League was re-established and along with several other clubs in southern Lincolnshire, Holbeach joined. However, the finished second bottom in their first season, and were voted out of the league, rejoining the United Counties League. They won the Division One Cup in 1964–65, but did not win the league until 1989–90, a season in which they also won the League Cup and Benevolent Cup, the first time a club had won all three UCL trophies in a single season. They won the league for a second time in 2002–03.GroundHolbeach have played at Carters Park since their establishment. The site was bequeathed to the town in the mid-1920s by a man named Carter. A stand was built in the late 1930s and a covered area to its left was also built and later became known as the "pig pen". The ground was originally shared with the local cricket club, meaning that it only had three permanent sides. However, after the cricket club folded, the fourth side was fenced off.
Holbeach Technology Park

Holbeach Technology Park

Holbeach Technology Park is the food science campus of the University of Lincoln, situated on Park Road at Holbeach in the south of the county of Lincolnshire. It is a part of the University's Riseholme College.HistoryDuring the 1990s, it was owned by De Montfort University, known as the Holbeach Campus and part of the Lincolnshire School of Agriculture. A Centre of Vocational Excellence in food manufacturing technology, the campus was re-opened on November 2 2004 by John Henry Hayes, the MP for South Holland and the Deepings. It is situated close to Spalding, which is the site of many food processing companies that make ready meals, such as Premier Foods.FacilitiesThe single building on the small campus, named Minerva House after the University's emblem, contains teaching rooms, a Learning Resource Centre, food testing labs and 'business incubation' units occupied by local technology companies.A second building dedicated to food manufacturing technology is planned for 2008. It hosts local business training events.
Kirton railway station

Kirton railway station

Kirton railway station was a station in Kirton, Lincolnshire. It closed to passenger traffic on 11 September 1961.