Nocton Fen Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.1746°N -0.3616°W
Map Type:Lincolnshire
Official Name:Nocton Fen
Static Image:Farmland on Nocton Fen - geograph.org.uk - 3384455.jpg
Static Image Caption:Nocton Fen
Shire District:North Kesteven
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Sleaford and North Hykeham
Civil Parish:Nocton
Post Town:Lincoln
Postcode District:LN4
Postcode Area:LN
Dial Code:01522

Nocton Fen is a hamlet in the civil parish of Nocton in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.[1] It is located to the northeast of Nocton, southwest of Bardney and south of Potterhanworth Booths.[2]

Nocton Estate Light Railway

Nocton Fen was formally served by the Nocton Estate Light Railway[3] 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.[4]

Geography

Nocton Fen is close to the Nocton Bankside Drain and the hamlet of Wasps Nest. It is located in a very rural and flat wetlands close to the River Witham.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wheeler, William Henry . A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire . 2013-10-31 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-108-06641-9 . en.
  2. Web site: Reconstructing roads in the Fens - Page 4 - SABRE . 2024-11-04 . www.sabre-roads.org.uk.
  3. Web site: NOCTON ESTATES LIGHT RAILWAY - Paul Johnson . 4 November 2024 . transportsofdelight.smugmug.com . en.
  4. Book: Tyson . Colin . Lincolnshire Industrial Heritage . 15 September 2022 . Amberley Publishing Limited . 978-1-4456-8847-3 . en . 4 November 2024.
  5. Web site: Archaeology - Medieval . 2024-11-04 . www.slha.org.uk.