area was , farmed on the four field system. Around 1887 the village consisted of the church, the Manor House, a rectory, three fairly substantial detached dwellings (Healing House (later Healing Manor cottages), Ivy House and Healing Rookery) and a few other buildings. The remainder of the parish was mainly empty, enclosed fields, apart from Wadd Farm and Woad Farm north of the village, and Healing Wells farm to the south-west. Parts of Healing Wells farm are now listed structures. 20th century By the beginning of the 20th century some linear housing development had begun, along the parallel Station Road and The Avenue which ran roughly north towards the railway station. A Methodist chapel had also been established, built 1906 in the Arts and Crafts style. Additionally watercress beds had been established near the station. The Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway was built through the northern part of the parish in 1912. By 1930 further housing had been built, including side streets off Station Road and The Avenue, as well as west of the traditional village centre along Stallingborough Road. Further housing expansion occurred in the second half of the 20th century, with an estate built to the east of 'The Avenue'. After the Second World War, the south bank of the Humber Estuary was industrially developed; in the parish of Healing a Courtaulds textile fibre plant was established. The A180 road was built in the 1970s, and passes through the parish. In 1992 an extension of Ciba-Geigy's Grimsby plant resulted in the construction of a combined heat and power plant on the west of their site within Healing parish. In the north-east of the parish, on the A180/A1136, a large industrial park, Europarc, was established by developers Wykeland. By 2013 remained to be developed, with approximately 2000 people employed at the estate. As of 2014 the development had of building space developed. The village was expanded west by a new housing estate (Wisteria Drive estate) in around 2001. In 2012 an estate of 42 houses was given planning permission. Geography Healing is bounded by the civil parishes of Great Coates to the east, Aylesby to the south-east, Riby to the south-west, and Stallingborough to the west, with the Oldfleet Drain forming much of the western boundary. To the north-east the parish is bounded by the Humber Estuary. An industrial freight line to Immingham Docks (the former Grimsby and Immingham