Nocton Fen

Nocton Fen
Nocton Fen
Nocton Fen Location within Lincolnshire
Civil parish	Nocton
District	North Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lincoln
Postcode district	LN4
Dialling code	01522
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sleaford and North Hykeham

Nocton Fen is a hamlet^{[citation needed]} in the civil parish of Nocton in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.^[1] It is located to the northeast of Nocton, southwest of Bardney and south of Potterhanworth Booths.^[2]

Nocton Estate Light Railway

Nocton Fen was formally served by the Nocton Estate Light Railway^[3] which was a small network of working light railway sidings which were connected to Nocton and Dunston railway station and ran as far as the River Witham near Bardney although were never connected to the Lincolnshire Loop Line at Bardney railway station. The railway sidings were simple agricultural railway sidings and worked by workers in the vast amount of fields between Bardney, Nocton and surrounding hamlets. They mostly collected potatoes grown in the marshlands.^[4]

Geography

Sign Post to Wasps Nest and Nocton Fen

Nocton Fen is close to the Nocton Bankside Drain and the hamlet of Wasps Nest. It is located in a very rural and flat wetlands close to the River Witham.^[5]

References

1. Wheeler, William Henry (31 October 2013). A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-06641-9.
2. "Reconstructing roads in the Fens - Page 4 - SABRE". www.sabre-roads.org.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
3. "NOCTON ESTATES LIGHT RAILWAY - Paul Johnson". transportsofdelight.smugmug.com. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
4. Tyson, Colin (15 September 2022). Lincolnshire Industrial Heritage. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-8847-3. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
5. "Archaeology - Medieval". www.slha.org.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

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