Pepper Gowt Plot

Pepper Gowt Plot
Pepper Gowt, or Rowlands Marsh, now Witham Marsh
Pepper Gowt Plot
Pepper Gowt Plot shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF308467
• London	105 mi (169 km) S
District	Boston (borough)
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Boston
Postcode district	PE21
Dialling code	01205
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Boston and Skegness
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°00′08″N 0°03′07″W / 53.002092°N 0.051812°W / 53.002092; -0.051812Coordinates: 53°00′08″N 0°03′07″W / 53.002092°N 0.051812°W / 53.002092; -0.051812

Pepper Gowt Plot, also known as Rowlands Marsh, was a hamlet and small tract of extra-parochial land, created when the River Witham was straightened in the early 19th century, and lies about 2 miles (3 km) north of the town of Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and immediately south of Anton's Gowt.

It was a created a civil parish in 1858, when the principal land owner was John Rowland. In 1906 it was abolished to enlarge the parish of Skirbeck. In turn, Skirbeck civil parish was abolished in 1932 to enlarge the parishes of Boston and Fishtoft, Today the area is known as Witham Marsh, and lies within Fishtoft civil parish. At the time of the 2011 census the population is included in the civil parish of Holland Fen with Brothertoft.

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