Westville, Lincolnshire

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Westville
Westville Road - geograph.org.uk - 109667.jpg
Westville Road
Westville is located in Lincolnshire
Westville
Westville
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF277548
• London110 mi (180 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
  • Lincolnshire
Region
  • East Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLINCOLN
Postcode districtPE22
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
  • Boston and Skegness (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°04′34″N 0°05′38″W / 53.0760°N 0.0940°W / 53.0760; -0.0940Coordinates: 53°04′34″N 0°05′38″W / 53.0760°N 0.0940°W / 53.0760; -0.0940

Westville is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 7 miles (11 km) north from Boston. Westville lies in the fen country close to the village of Frithville, with which it shares the civil parish of .

West Fen Drain at Westville

Westville consists of Westville Farm and a couple of houses including the original Farmhouse, (Home Farm). Home Farm's barn was sold off and has now been converted into a barn conversion.

Westville was created a township after the draining of the West Fen in 1812,[1] and was created a civil parish in 1866.[2]

John Rennie directed the building of an early-19th-century bridge over the Twenty Foot Drain at Westville; it is Grade II listed.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Redford, Arthur; Chaloner, William Henry (1976). Labour migration in England, 1800-1850. Manchester University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-7190-0636-4. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Westville". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Bridge over Twenty Foot Drain, Frithville And Westville (1359723)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

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