Stowgate

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Stowgate is is a small farming settlement in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, located approximately 2 miles North-East of Deeping St James. Stowgate contains very few houses, most of which are farm houses, complementing the agricultural way of life in the Deepings.

[edit] History

Stowgate grew up around one large farm, known as Stowgate Farm, the farm-house of which is still in existence today. After the war it was separated into several smaller farms, which were to provide housing for people who had worked contributing to the war effort, thus giving them land to on which to grow their own food. These farms still exist today.

[edit] Industry

As well as agriculture, there exists in Stowgate industry such as Vanpa Engineering[1] and a Bernard Matthews turkey farm.

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Settlements within The Deepings

Market Deeping | Deeping St James | Deeping St Nicholas | Deeping Gate | West Deeping 

See also: Stowgate | Frognall 
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