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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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FOSDYKE, a parish in Boston district, Lincoln; on Fosdyke Wash, at the mouth of the river Welland, adjacent to the Peterborough and Lincoln railway, 2 miles S of Algarkirk and Sutterton r. station, and 7½ S by W of Boston. It has a post office under Spalding. Acres, 2, 761; of which 755 are water. Pop., 549. Houses, 121. The property is divided among a few. There is a fen allotment; and on this were 155 of the pop. Fosdyke Wash is an arm of the sea, about 7 miles long, with a mean width of about 2 miles; and an embankment and a bridge were constructed across it, in 1814, by Mr. Rennie. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Algarkirk, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church has a pinnacled font, and is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Middlecott's alins-houses have £171; and other charities £50.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Fosdyke CP/Ch Boston RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Fosdyke |
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