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Garthorpe, North Lincolnshire

Garthorpe
Garthorpe is located in Lincolnshire
Garthorpe
Garthorpe
Garthorpe shown within Lincolnshire
Population 418 (2011)
OS grid reference SE845195
• London 150 mi (240 km) S
Civil parish
  • Garthorpe and Fockerby
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SCUNTHORPE
Postcode district DN17
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°39′55″N 0°43′13″W / 53.665355°N 0.720222°W / 53.665355; -0.720222Coordinates: 53°39′55″N 0°43′13″W / 53.665355°N 0.720222°W / 53.665355; -0.720222

Garthorpe is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) south-east from Goole, 1 mile (1.6 km) west from the River Trent, and in the Isle of Axholme. Together with Fockerby, which is contiguous with the village, Garthorpe forms a civil parish of about 500 inhabitants, measured as 418 in the 2011 census.

Garthorpe is located on low-lying land about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west of the River Trent. Fockerby is immediately to the west, and the two places now form one community. Three minor roads radiate from the village centre. That to the north leads to Adlingfleet, while the road to the south-west leads to Luddington. A third road heads eastwards, and used to serve the ferry to Burton upon Stather, but now stops short of the banks of the Trent. It turns to the south, and follows the western bank of the river. West of the road and the river is the site of the deserted medieval village of Waterton.

Before the seventeenth century, the River Don, its waters swelled by those of the River Idle and the River Torne, crossed the region on a meandering course from Crowle to Adlingfleet, where it entered the River Trent. However, in 1626, the Dutch drainage pioneer Cornelius Vermuyden re-routed all three rivers as part of the drainage of Hatfield Chase. Prior to the work, Garthorpe lay on the east bank of the Don in Lincolnshire while Fockerby lay in Yorkshire.


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