Gayton le Marsh

Gayton le Marsh

Gayton le Marsh village
Gayton le Marsh

 Gayton le Marsh shown within Lincolnshire
Population 138 (2001)
OS grid reference TF425842
District East Lindsey
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Alford
Postcode district LN13 0
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Gayton le Marsh is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 8 miles (13 km) south east of the town of Louth and about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Alford.

Gayton le Marsh parish church was dedicated to Saint George.[1] It had a western tower, was rebuilt in 1847, and was demolished in 1971.[2]

A red brick drainage pumping station was built here about 1850, which is now a grade II listed building.[3]

Gayton le Marsh CE School was built as a National School in 1837, and closed in 1924.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Gayton le Marsh". GENUKI. GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/GaytonleMarsh/. Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "St Georges church, Gayton le Marsh". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. http://www.lincstothepast.com/SITE-OF-ST-GEORGE-S-CHURCH--GAYTON-LE-MARSH/228112.record?pt=S. Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "Drainage pumping station". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1063090. Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  4. ^ "Gayton le Marsh CE School". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. http://www.lincstothepast.com/GAYTON-LE-MARSH-CE-SCHOOL/528487.record?pt=S. Retrieved 25 August 2011.