Sots Hole Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.1677°N -0.3215°W
Map Type:Lincolnshire
Official Name:Sots Hole
Static Image:Sots Hole, Metheringham Fen Lane - geograph.org.uk - 5343369.jpg
Static Image Caption:Metheringham Fen Lane, Sots Hole
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:TF1264

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

Nocton Estate Light Railway

Sots Hole 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

Sots Hole is close to the Metheringham Delph and the hamlet of Metheringham Fen.[5] It is located in a very rural and flat wetlands close to the River Witham.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lords, Great Britain Parliament House of . Accounts and Papers . 1884 . en.
  2. Web site: Langford . Pete . Sots Hole and Tanvats . 2024-11-04 . Metheringham, Sots Hole and Tanvats Parish Council . en.
  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: LiDAR map of Sots Hole Lincolnshire TF 12 64 . 2024-11-04 . www.archiuk.com.