Gedney Drove End
Gedney Drove End | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | SPALDING | |
Postcode district | PE12 | |
Dialling code | 01406 | |
Police | Lincolnshire | |
Fire | Lincolnshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Gedney Drove End is a village in the
Gedney Drove End is within Gedney Marsh, 5 miles (8 km) north-east from the parish village of Gedney, and 1 mile (1.6 km) from the south-west shore of
At the west of Gedney Drove End, separated by fields and at the centre of a farm, is Norfolk House, a Grade II listed red brick house dating to the early 19th century.[3] At the north of the village, on the bank of The Wash is an infantry blockhouse from the Second World War.[4] Further south-east off Marsh Road is a "Type 23 three-bay concrete anti-aircraft pillbox".[5] At the centre of the village is evidence of Gedney Drove End post-medieval settlement, and the extant Methodist chapel dating to 1885.[6][7] To the north of the village centre is the site of a former corn tower mill, non-existent by 1953.[8][9]
History
Gedney Drove was made an ecclesiastical district in 1855, and from then until 1870 services were held in the village schoolroom until the church at Dawsmere was built. Sunday afternoon services were held at a mission house in the village. In 1872 the
Newspapers reported in 1906 that a silver cup thought to be part of King John's lost treasure was found nearby by a Wisbech publican.[11]
References
- ^ Extracted from Grid Reference Finder
- ^ Extracted from "Gedney Drove End", Ordnance Survey map
- ^ Historic England. "Norfolk House (1064578)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1419891". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1419893". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1476126". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Gedney Drove End Primitive Methodist chapel", My Primitive Methodists. Retrieved 25 January 2019
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 498123". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Former Windmill, Gedney Drove End", Lincs the Past, Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 25 January 2019
- ^ Whites Directory of Lincolnshire (1872), pp.739, 740
- ^ "King John's Cup". Essex Guardian. 19 May 1906. p. 3.
External links
- Media related to Gedney Drove End at Wikimedia Commons