Pepper Gowt Plot Explained

Static Image Name:Witham Marsh - geograph.org.uk - 977174.jpg
Static Image Caption:Pepper Gowt, or Rowlands Marsh, now Witham Marsh
Country:England
Official Name:Pepper Gowt Plot
Coordinates:53.0021°N -0.0518°W
Civil Parish:Fishtoft
Shire District:Boston
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Boston and Skegness
Post Town:Boston
Postcode District:PE21
Postcode Area:PE
Dial Code:01205
Os Grid Reference:TF308467
London Distance Mi:105
London Direction:S

Pepper Gowt Plot, also known as Rowlands Marsh, was a hamlet and small tract of extra-parochial land and civil parish, created when the River Witham was straightened in the early 19th century, now in the parish of Fishtoft, in the Boston district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It lies about 2miles north of the town of Boston, and immediately south of Anton's Gowt.

It was created as a civil parish in 1858,[1] when the principal land owner was John Rowland.[2] On 1 April 1906 it was abolished and merged with Skirbeck.[3] [4] In 1901 the parish had a population of 13.[5] In turn, Skirbeck civil parish was abolished in 1932 to enlarge the parishes of Boston and Fishtoft,[6] Today the area is known as Witham Marsh.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Forty Foot Bank CP/ExP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 31 May 2024.
  2. Book: Pepper Gowt Plot

    . Kellys Directory for Lincolnshire. 1885. Kelly & Co. Pepper Gowt Plot. 19 July 2011. 400.

  3. Web site: Boston Registration District. UKBMD. 31 May 2024.
  4. Book: Pepper Gowt Plot

    . Kellys Directory for Lincolnshire. 1919. 77. Kelly & Co. Pepper Gowt Plot. 19 July 2011.

  5. Web site: Population statistics Pepper Gowt Plot CP/ExP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 31 May 2024.
  6. Web site: Skirbeck. https://archive.today/20120917102720/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10450822&c_id=10001043. dead. 17 September 2012. Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. 19 July 2011.