Gayton le Marsh explained

Static Image Name:Gayton le Marsh, Lincolnshire - geograph.org.uk - 482018.jpg
Static Image Caption:Gayton le Marsh village
Country:England
Official Name:Gayton le Marsh
Coordinates:53.3359°N 0.1395°W
Population:155
Population Ref:(2011)
Shire District:East Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
Post Town:Alford
Postcode District:LN13
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF425842
London Distance Mi:125
London Direction:S

Gayton le Marsh is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England It is situated 6miles south-east from the town of Louth and about 6miles north from Alford. The population of the civil parish was 155 at the 2011 census.[1]

Gayton le Marsh parish church was dedicated to Saint George.[2] It had a western tower, was rebuilt in 1847, and was demolished in 1971.[3]

A red-brick drainage pumping station was built here about 1850, which is now a Grade II listed building.

Gayton le Marsh CE School was built as a National School in 1837, and closed in 1924.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 18 May 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: Gayton le Marsh. Genuki.org.uk. 25 August 2011.
  3. Web site: St Georges church, Gayton le Marsh. Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. 25 August 2011.
  4. Web site: Gayton le Marsh CE School. Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. 25 August 2011.