Hubberts Bridge Explained

Static Image Name:The Wheatsheaf Inn, Hubbert's Bridge, Lincs - geograph.org.uk - 172771.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Wheatsheaf Inn, Hubberts Bridge
Official Name:Hubberts Bridge
Region:East Midlands
Country:England
Os Grid Reference:TF267434
Coordinates:52.9734°N -0.1132°W
Post Town:Boston
Postcode Area:PE
Postcode District:PE20
Constituency Westminster:Boston and Skegness
Civil Parish:Frampton
Shire District:Boston
Shire County:Lincolnshire
London Distance Mi:100
London Direction:S

Hubberts Bridge is a village in the borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated within the civil parish of Frampton, and approximately 3miles west from Boston. The village name derives from the bridge crossing the South Forty-Foot Drain. Originally it was a wooden structure, thought to have been owned by Robert Hubbert, born on the 2 March in Lincolnshire and died in 1850 in Boston, Lincolnshire. A new wooden bridge was erected about 1850, but was replaced again by a brick structure in 1888 by the county justices for the Parts of Holland from designs of John Kingston, county surveyor.[1]

The village is served by Hubberts Bridge railway station,[2] and has a local public house, the Wheatsheaf Inn, and a community centre.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives/English Heritage. 8 May 2011.
  2. Web site: Hubberts Bridge Railway Station. Lincolnshire County Council. 8 May 2011.
  3. Web site: Hubberts Bridge Community Centre. Lincolnshire County Council. 8 May 2011.