Thornton le Fen

Thornton Le Fen
Gipsey Bridge
Thornton Le Fen Thornton Le Fen shown within Lincolnshire
Population	322 {2011}
OS grid reference	TF280499
– London	110 mi (180 km) S
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Boston
Postcode district	PE22
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Boston and Skegness
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°01′54″N 0°05′34″W / 53.031615°N 0.092694°W / 53.031615; -0.092694

Thornton Le Fen is a small civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) north from the town of Boston.

Thornton Le Fen lies in Wildmore Fen, created in 1812 after the fen was drained in 1802.^[1] It is mostly farmland with a population of 345,^[2] and contains the hamlets of Bunkers Hill and Gipsey Bridge.^[3] The Census of 2011 showed a reduced population of 322.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

References

↑ Thompson, Pishey (1856). The History and Antiquities of Boston. p. 641.
↑ "Neighbourhood Statistics". Office for National Statistics. 2001. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
↑ "Wildmore (Thornton le Fen)". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
↑ "Wildmore Fen United District School Board". Lincolnshire Archives - English Heritage. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
↑ "Gipsey Bridge Primary School". Lincolnshire Archives/English Heritage. Retrieved 8 May 2011.

External links

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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East Lindsey District

Council	East Lindsey District Council

Civil parishes	Aby with Greenfield Addlethorpe Alford (town) Alvingham Anderby Ashby with Scremby Asterby Aswardby Authorpe Baumber Beesby with Saleby Belchford Belleau Benniworth Bilsby Binbrook Bolingbroke Brackenborough with Little Grimsby Bratoft Brinkhill Bucknall Burgh le Marsh (town) Burgh on Bain Burwell Calcethorpe with Kelstern Candlesby with Gunby Carrington Chapel St Leonards Claxby St Andrew Claxby with Moorby Claythorpe Coningsby (town) Conisholme Covenham St Bartholomew Covenham St Mary Croft Cumberworth Dalby Donington on Bain East Barkwith East Keal East Kirkby Eastville Edlington with Wispington Elkington Farlesthorpe Firsby Fotherby Friskney Frithville and Westville Fulletby Fulstow Gautby Gayton le Marsh Gayton le Wold Goulceby Grainsby Grainthorpe Great Carlton Great Steeping Great Sturton Greetham with Somersby Grimoldby Hagworthingham Hainton Hallington Haltham Halton Holegate Hameringham Hannah cum Hagnaby Harrington Hatton Haugh Haugham Hemingby High Toynton Hogsthorpe Holton le Clay Horncastle (town) Horsington Hundleby Huttoft Ingoldmells Irby in the Marsh Keddington Kirkby on Bain Langriville Langton Langton by Spilsby Langton by Wragby Legbourne Little Carlton Little Cawthorpe Little Steeping Louth (town) Low Toynton Ludborough Ludford Lusby with Winceby Mablethorpe and Sutton (town) Maidenwell Maltby le Marsh Manby Mareham le Fen Mareham on the Hill Markby Market Stainton Marshchapel Mavis Enderby Midville Minting Muckton Mumby New Leake North Coates North Cockerington North Ormsby North Somercotes North Thoresby Orby Partney Raithby Raithby cum Maltby Ranby Reston Revesby Rigsby with Ailby Roughton Saltfleetby Sausthorpe Scamblesby Scrivelsby Sibsey Skegness (town) Skendleby Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven Sotby South Cockerington South Ormsby cum Ketsby South Somercotes South Thoresby South Willingham Spilsby (town) Stenigot Stewton Stickford Stickney Stixwould and Woodhall Strubby with Woodthorpe Swaby Tathwell Tattershall Tattershall Thorpe Tetford Tetney Theddlethorpe All Saints Theddlethorpe St Helen Thimbleby Thornton le Fen Thorpe St Peter Toynton All Saints Toynton St Peter Tumby Tupholme Ulceby with Fordington Utterby Waddingworth Wainfleet All Saints (town) Wainfleet St Mary Waithe Walmsgate Well Welton le Marsh Welton Le Wold West Ashby West Barkwith West Fen West Keal West Torrington Wildmore Willoughby with Sloothby Withcall Withern with Stain Wood Enderby Woodhall Spa Wragby Wyham cum Cadeby Yarburgh

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