Fosdyke

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Fosdyke is a village in Lincolnshire, around nine miles south of Boston by road (on the A16 and A17). The village is near the mouth of the River Welland, and the parish extends across the river to include both ends of the hamlet of Fosdyke Bridge.

Fosdyke is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston in the county of Lincolnshire, England. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of April 1, 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms part of the Five Villages electoral ward.

Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.

[edit] Historical incident

By calculating the tide table for 12 October 1216 and given travel in the usual daylight hours, it is possible to deduce that King John's treasure was lost in crossing the Welland in the vicinity of the site of the much later, Fosdyke Bridge.