Holland Fen with Brothertoft
| Holland Fen with Brothertoft | |
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 Holland Fen with Brothertoft
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| Holland Fen with Brothertoft shown within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 669 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TF235495 |
| • London | 105 mi (169 km) S |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Boston |
| Postcode district | LN4 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Holland Fen with Brothertoft is a civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, consisting, as the name indicates, of Holland Fen and Brothertoft, but also includes the areas known as Pelhams Land , Harts Ground and Pepper Gowt Plot. The population of the civil parish (including North Forty Foot Bank and Shingay) at the 2011 census was 669.
The parish of one of 18 parishes, together with Boston, that form the Borough of Boston in the county of Lincolnshire, England. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms part of the Swineshead and Holland Fen electoral ward.
Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.
The Parish Council meets six times a year, and is responsible for the village hall in Brothertoft, the building that was once the school.
The mobile library visits Holland Fen once a month.
Public transport can be provided by the Call Connect on-demand bus service.
The parish is a long, narrow, strip bounded on the north-east by the River Witham, and on the opposite edge by the 10 Foot Drain (between Sutterton Drove and Kirton Drove). It stretches from the A1121 road at Hubberts Bridge almost to Chapel Hill in the north, where the Kyme Eau forms the boundary. The land is flat. A landscape evaluation for Boston Borough called it "Flat and low-lying reclaimed fenland....semi-remote, tranquil and intact working agricultural landscape." There are no contours on the OS sheet, just spot heights on the roads of 2 or 3m above datum.
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