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Grimsby

Grimsby is an English seaport and town in Lincolnshire. It was founded by the Danes in the 9th century AD and named for the Danish fisherman Grim, and it had 200 residents by 1086. During the 12th century, Grimsby developed into a fishing and trading port, and it was granted its charter by King John of England in 1201. Grimsby's port boomed starting with the foundation of the Grimsby Haven Company in 1796, and the arrival of the railway in 1848 made it easier to transport goods in and out of Grimsby. During World War II, Grimsby served as the largest base of the Royal Navy's minesweepers, and 99 people died in a Luftwaffe firebombing on 14 June 1943. The Cod Wars of 1958-1976 led to the decline of Grimsby's fishing industry, and it went on to suffer from post-industrial decline; from 1945 to 2019, Grimsby was a Labour Party stronghold in the House of Commons, but the Conservative Party candidate Lia Nici won the "Great Grimsby" parliamentary constituency in 2019 with 54.9% of the vote. In 2011, Grimsby had a population of 88,243 people.

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