Anton's Gowt

infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption =
latitude = 53.00926
longitude = -0.06336
official_name = Anton's Gowt
population =
shire_district = East Lindsey
shire_county = Lincolnshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster = Boston and Skegness
post_town = Boston
postcode_district = PE22 7
postcode_area = PE
dial_code = 01205 280"nnn"
os_grid_reference = TF300475

Anton's Gowt is a hamlet approximately 2 miles North-West of the town of Boston, in South-East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the junction where the River Witham meets the Frith Bank Drain (part of the [http://www.waterways.org.uk/Waterways/PrincipalNavigations/WithamNavigableDrains| Witham Navigable Drains] ). The Anton's Gowt Lock provides access between these two waterways. ( [http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Langriville/imageDetail.asp?id=55963 picture] )

Geography and administration

The hamlet falls under the [http://www.e-lindsey.gov.uk/council/councillors/parish-detail.cfm?parish=86 Langriville Parish] , which is a part of [http://www.e-lindsey.gov.uk/council/councillors/ward-detail.cfm?ward=7 Frithville Ward] of [http://www.e-lindsey.gov.uk East Lindsey District Council] .

Anton's Gowt resides in an area once known as Wildmore Fen.

History

It's believed that the lock got its name came from "Sir Anthony Thomas" (one of a group of people who helped drain the Witham Fens from 1631 onwards). The word ' [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=48215 Gowt] ' is on old term for "A water-pipe under the ground. A sewer. A flood-gate, through which the marsh-water runs from the reens into the sea.". [John Hobson Matthews (1905): "Cardiff Records: volume 5", pp. 557-598] The hamlet took this name.

* The Methodist chapel [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O71770] , built by the Doughty family in 1852, is no longer in evidence. Its centenary was held in June 1952, in the carpenter's shop of the Burn family, and the service was conducted by Mr H. Doughty of Lincoln, who was 95 years old. It actually closed in 1964, when it still had 18 Sunday school scholars. [Lincolnshire Federation of Women's Institutes (2005): "The Lincolnshire Village Book" (ISBN-1853060771). Countryside Books.]

* A loop line of the Great Northern Railway (from Peterborough to Bawtry) once ran along the north bank of the River Witham, passing by Anton's Gowt Lock. Today, this has now become a cyclepath to Boston.

Places of interest

* Anton's Gowt Lock
** with a cyclepath alongside the River Witham to Boston [http://www.boston.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1192&Itemid=3558]
* Public House, by the lock
* Pet Food Supplies
* Dog Kennels
* Auto Salvage

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