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Thornton le Fen

Small civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England

Summary

Small civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England

Field	Value
static_image_name	Gipsey Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 463259.jpg
static_image_caption	Gipsey Bridge
country	England
official_name	Thornton Le Fen
coordinates
population	322
population_ref	{2011}
shire_district	East Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Boston and Skegness
post_town	Boston
postcode_district	PE22
postcode_area	PE
os_grid_reference	TF280499
london_distance_mi	110
london_direction	S

Thornton Le Fen is a small civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 mi north from the town of Boston.

Thornton Le Fen lies in Wildmore Fen, created in 1812 after the fen was drained in 1802. It is mostly farmland with a population of 345, and contains the hamlets of Bunkers Hill and Gipsey Bridge. The Census of 2011 showed a reduced population of 322.

Gipsey Bridge School was built in 1859 and was taken over by the Wildmore Fen United District School Board in 1879, when it was renamed the Gipsey Bridge Board School, until the Board was abolished in 1903. Following this it was known as Thornton Le Fen Council School, Thornton Le Fen County School, and Gipsey Bridge County Primary School, before it took its present name, Gipsey Bridge Primary School, in 1999.

References

Thompson, Pishey. (1856). "The History and Antiquities of Boston". Longman.
(2001). "Neighbourhood Statistics". Office for National Statistics.
"Wildmore (Thornton le Fen)". [[Genuki]].org.uk.
"Parish population 2011".
"Wildmore Fen United District School Board". Lincolnshire Archives - English Heritage.
"Gipsey Bridge Primary School". Lincolnshire Archives/English Heritage.

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