Midville | |
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![]() Church of St Peter, Midville | |
Location within Lincolnshire | |
Population | 153 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TF385569 |
• London | 110 mi (180 km) S |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Boston |
Postcode district | PE22 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Midville is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 10 miles (16 km) north from Boston.
The village was an extra-parochial allotment of the East Fen, which was drained between 1802 and 1813, and was constituted as a parochial township by an act of Parliament passed in 1885. The East Fen is between Boston and Spilsby.[2]
Midville church was built in 1819–20 and is a plain edifice of Georgian brick.[2]
Midville railway station opened in 1913, and closed in 1970.[3]
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Historical Gazetteer & Directory of Lincolnshire" (PDF). 1856. pp. 778–779. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ Catford, Nick (1998–2010). "Midville". Disused Stations. Railway Ramblers. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
External links
Media related to Midville, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons