Metheringham Fen Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.1618°N -0.3335°W
Map Type:Lincolnshire
Official Name:Metheringham Fen
Static Image:Metheringham Fen - geograph.org.uk - 2375945.jpg
Static Image Caption:Metheringham Fen
Shire District:North Kesteven
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Sleaford and North Hykeham
Civil Parish:Metheringham
Post Town:Lincoln
Postcode District:LN4
Postcode Area:LN
Dial Code:01522
Os Grid Reference:TF073616

Metheringham Fen[1] [2] is a hamlet in the civil parish of Metheringham in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.[3] It is located to the northeast of Metheringham, east of Dunston and southwest of Southrey.

Nocton Estate Light Railway

Metheringham Fen was formally served by the Nocton Estate Light Railway[4] which was a small network of working light railway sidings which were connected to Nocton and Dunston railway station and ran as far as the River Witham near Bardney although were never connected to the Lincolnshire Loop Line at Bardney railway station. The railway sidings were simple agricultural railway sidings and worked by workers in the vast amount of fields between Bardney, Nocton and surrounding hamlets. They mostly collected potatoes grown in the marshlands.[5]

Geography

Metheringham Fen is close to the Metheringham Delph and the hamlet of Sots Hole.[6] It is located in a very rural and flat wetlands close to the River Witham.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historic Ordnance Survey Map of Metheringham Fen, 1887 . 2024-11-05 . www.francisfrith.com.
  2. Book: Wheeler, William Henry . A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire . 2013-10-31 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-108-06641-9 . en.
  3. Book: Board, Great Britain Local Government . England and Wales. (Exclusive of the Metropolis.): Return of Owners of Land, 1873 . 1875 . G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoods . en.
  4. Web site: NOCTON ESTATES LIGHT RAILWAY - Paul Johnson . 4 November 2024 . transportsofdelight.smugmug.com . en.
  5. Book: Tyson . Colin . Lincolnshire Industrial Heritage . 15 September 2022 . Amberley Publishing Limited . 978-1-4456-8847-3 . en . 4 November 2024.
  6. Book: of), Southern Division (LINCOLN, County . The Poll Book for the Election of Two Members to Represent in Parliament the Southern Division of Lincolnshire ... July 1841 . 1841 . James Creasey . en.
  7. Book: Art, Great Britain Dept of Science and . Report . 1898 . en.