Anton's Gowt

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Anton's Gowt
Anton's Gowt shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF300475
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Boston
Postcode district	PE22 7
Dialling code	01205 280nnn
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Boston and Skegness
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°00′33″N 0°03′48″W / 53.00926, -0.06336

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 Witham Navigable Drains). The Anton's Gowt Lock provides access between these two waterways. (picture)

Contents 1 Geography and administration 2 History 3 Places of interest 4 References

[edit] Geography and administration

The hamlet falls under the Langriville Parish, which is a part of Frithville Ward of East Lindsey District Council.

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

[edit] 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 '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.".^[1] The hamlet took this name.

• The Methodist chapel [[1]], 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.^[2]

• 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.

[edit] Places of interest

• Anton's Gowt Lock
  • with a cyclepath alongside the River Witham to Boston[[2]]
• Public House, by the lock
• Pet Food Supplies
• Dog Kennels
• Auto Salvage

[edit] References

1. ^ John Hobson Matthews (1905): "Cardiff Records: volume 5", pp. 557-598
2. ^ Lincolnshire Federation of Women's Institutes (2005): "The Lincolnshire Village Book" (ISBN-1853060771). Countryside Books.