Gosberton

Gosberton

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Gosberton
population = 5000
shire_district= South Holland District Council
shire_county = Lincolnshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= South Holland District Council
post_town= Spalding
postcode_district= PE11
postcode_area=PE
dial_code= 01775
os_grid_reference= TF241313

Gosberton is a large village in the South Holland District of Lincolnshire on the A152.

The population of Gosberton is only about 2500 and the main occupation is [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/362582 farming] . Many commute to surrounding areas such as Spalding and Boston. The village used to be skirted by the busy A16 road but has now been bypassed and now sits on the cross-roads of the B1397 (Dowsby to Boston road) and the [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/358778 A152] (Donington to Surfleet road). The Peterborough to Lincoln Line passes [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/148532 across] the B1397 at a level crossing in Risegate and also passes through Westhorpe further north. On this line, then known as the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway was a [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/148525 railway station] .

The parish [http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/image_galleries/gosberton_flowers_gallery.shtml church] of Gosberton is the [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/84020 church] of St Peter and St Paul and is under the Diocese of Lincoln. Gosberton Clough's [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/148493 wooden church] is dedicated to St Gilbert and St Hugh. These two churches and that at Quadring are in the same group, based in Gosberton. Gosberton House school is for children with learning difficulties. Village pubs are the "Black Horse Inn" in Risegate and the "Five Bells Inn" on "Siltside" in Risegate. Confusingly, in Gosberton itself is another "Five Bells" on "Spalding Road", as well as the " [http://www.fenlandlincs.com/DukeOfYorkAtGosberton.html Duke of York] " on "Risegate Road", the "Bell Inn" on "High Street", and "Crown Inn" on "Gosberton Road". There is a nature reserve administered by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

There are two nearby hamlets named for Gosberton, Gosberton Clough and Gosberton Risegate on the B1397 towards Bourne. There is also Gosberton Cheal to the south of Risegate.

External links

* [http://www.gosberton.lincs.sch.uk Gosberton Primary school]
* [http://www.clough-risegate.lincs.sch.uk Clough & Risegate Community Primary school]
* [http://www.gosberton-house.lincs.sch.uk Gosberton House school]
* [http://www.lincstrust.org/reserves/nr/print-reserve-info.php?mapref=7 Boston Road Brick Pits]


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