Hop Pole Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Hop Pole Milepost-Geograph-588841-by-Kate-Jewell.jpg
Static Image Caption:Victorian cast-iron milepost by Littleworth Drove
Coordinates:52.71°N -0.245°W
Official Name:Hop Pole
Population:105
Civil Parish:Deeping St. Nicholas
Shire District:South Holland
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:South Holland and The Deepings
Post Town:SPALDING
Postcode District:PE11
Postcode Area:PE
Dial Code:01775
Os Grid Reference:TF186140
London Distance Mi:80
London Direction:S

Hop Pole is a hamlet in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Deeping St James and Deeping St Nicholas, and on the A1175 Littleworth Drove road.

No separate population statistic is available for Hop Pole. The best available report is for the whole Deeping St Nicholas civil parish with a total of 1323 people within 505 dwellings.[1] There are approximately 40 homes in Hop Pole, around 105 people pro-rata.

Hop Pole falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.[2] Hop Pole had three pubs: The Oat Sheaf Inn (closed 1957 and since demolished), The Blue Bell Inn (closed 2012 and now a motorhome stop-over site) and the Hop Pole Inn (closed in 1928 following the death of its long-serving landlord, Charles Stainsby).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Office for National Statistics web site, 2001 census. .
  2. Web site: Welland and Deepings IDB .