Hubberts Bridge

Hubberts Bridge

The Wheatsheaf Inn, Hubberts Bridge
Hubberts Bridge
Hubberts Bridge shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference TF267434
• London 100 mi (160 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Boston
Postcode district PE20
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Hubberts Bridge is a village in the borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated within the civil parish of Frampton, and approximately 3 miles (5 km) west from the market town of Boston.Thought To be owned by Robert Hubbert, Born on the 02 March In Lincolnshire, England And Died in 1850 In Boston, Lincolnshire, England.

The village name derives from the bridge crossing the South Forty-Foot Drain. Originally it was a wooden structure, and a new wooden bridge was erected about 1850, but was replaced again by a brick structure in 1888 by the County Justices for the Parts of Holland from designs of Mr John Kingston, County Surveyor.[1]

The village is served by Hubberts Bridge railway station,[2] and has a local public house, the Wheatsheaf Inn, and a community centre.[3]


References

  1. ↑ "Lincs to the Past". Lincolnshire Archives/English Heritage. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Hubberts Bridge Railway Station". Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Hubberts Bridge Community Centre". Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
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