Fleet Hargate

Fleet Hargate
Fleet Hargate

 Fleet Hargate shown within Lincolnshire
Population 838 [1]
OS grid reference TF3925
District South Holland
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SPALDING
Postcode district PE12
Dialling code 01406
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament South Holland and the Deepings
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Fleet Hargate is a village in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Holbeach, just south of the A17. It falls within the wider civil parish of Fleet which stretches from Gedney to Holbeach with a total estimated population of 2,286.[2]

The village has been designated a conservation area by South Holland District Council, one of 13 within the district.

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History

The now closed Fleet railway station, formerly of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, is on Eastgate.

A Terrier of Fleet Lincolnshire is a 1920 publication based on the 11th century manuscript Fleet Terrier. (A terrier is a legal document detailing land, similar to a Glebe terrier.)

References

  1. ^ "Annual Monitoring Report 06/07". South Holland District Council. http://www.sholland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/97963365-E1E3-482B-B029-548A4B1CB108/0/AMR.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-15. 
  2. ^ "Annual Monitoring Report 07/08". South Holland District Council. http://www.sholland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/42EEB7A2-0296-4E9C-8B29-C1FDCC8F1736/0/AMR200708.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-15. 

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