Static Image Name: | Westville Road - geograph.org.uk - 109667.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Westville Road |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Westville |
Coordinates: | 53.076°N -0.094°W |
Shire District: | East Lindsey |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Boston and Skegness (UK Parliament constituency) |
Post Town: | LINCOLN |
Postcode District: | PE22 |
Postcode Area: | PE |
Os Grid Reference: | TF277548 |
London Distance Mi: | 110 |
London Direction: | S |
Westville is a hamlet in the civil parish of Frithville and Westville, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 7miles north from Boston. Westville lies in the fen country close to the village of Frithville.Westville consists of Westville Farm and a couple of houses including the original Farmhouse, (Home Farm). Home Farm's barn was sold off and has now been converted into a barn conversion.
Westville was created a township after the draining of the West Fen in 1812,[1] in 1866 Westville became a separate civil parish,[2] on 1 April 2005 the parish was abolished and merged with Frithville to form "Frithville and Westville".[3] In 1971 the parish had a population of 55.[4]
John Rennie directed the building of an early-19th-century bridge over the Twenty Foot Drain at Westville; it is Grade II listed.