Westwoodside Explained

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Country:England
Official Name:Westwoodside
Coordinates:53.4883°N -0.8684°W
Population:2,050
Population Ref:(2011)
Civil Parish:Haxey
Unitary England:North Lincolnshire
Lieutenancy England:Lincolnshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Brigg and Goole
Post Town:DONCASTER
Postcode District:DN9
Postcode Area:DN
Dial Code:01427
Os Grid Reference:SK751996
London Distance Mi:140
London Direction:SSE

Westwoodside is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the Isle of Axholme 7miles north-west of Gainsborough, 11miles east of Doncaster and 10miles south-west of Scunthorpe. Westwoodside is in the civil parish of Haxey, a town 1miles to the east.

In earlier days, the Westwood side of the civil parish of Haxey was composed of the hamlets of Park (bef. 1882),[1] Newbigg, Nethergate, Upperthorpe[1] (or Overthorpe) and Commonside.

The village has a primary school.

The community is involved in an annual game over seven hundred years old called Haxey Hood.

Bradley Benjamin Thomas Anderson Musgreaves was born here in 1903. His family home has been turned into a local museum along with a conjoined post office.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: White, William. History, gazetteer, and directory, of Lincolnshire, and the city & diocese of Lincoln. 1 January 1882. en.