Midville, Lincolnshire
Midville | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Boston | |
Postcode district | PE22 | |
Police | Lincolnshire | |
Fire | Lincolnshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Midville is a small village and
civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 10 miles (16 km) north from Boston
.
The village was an extra-parochial allotment of the East Fen, which was drained between 1802 and 1813, and was constituted as a parochial township by an act of Parliament passed in 1885. The East Fen is between Boston and Spilsby.[2]
Midville church was built in 1819–20 and is a plain edifice of Georgian brick.[2]
Midville railway station opened in 1913, and closed in 1970.[3]
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Historical Gazetteer & Directory of Lincolnshire" (PDF). 1856. pp. 778–779. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ Catford, Nick (1998–2010). "Midville". Disused Stations. Railway Ramblers. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
External links
- Media related to Midville, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons