Pepper Gowt Plot

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Pepper Gowt Plot
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Pepper Gowt, or Rowlands Marsh, now Witham Marsh
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Pepper Gowt Plot
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference TF308467
  London 105 mi (169 km)  S
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Boston
Postcode district PE21
Dialling code 01205
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53°00′08″N0°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 and civil parish, created when the River Witham was straightened in the early 19th century, now in the parish of Fishtoft, in the Boston district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It lies about 2 miles (3 km) north of the town of Boston, and immediately south of Anton's Gowt.

It was created as a civil parish in 1858, [1] when the principal land owner was John Rowland. [2] On 1 April 1906 it was abolished and merged with Skirbeck. [3] [4] In 1901 the parish had a population of 13. [5] In turn, Skirbeck civil parish was abolished in 1932 to enlarge the parishes of Boston and Fishtoft, [6] Today the area is known as Witham Marsh.

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References

  1. "North Forty Foot Bank CP/ExP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. Kellys Directory for Lincolnshire (PDF). Kelly & Co. 1885. p. 400. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  3. "Boston Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  4. Kellys Directory for Lincolnshire (PDF). Kelly & Co. 1919. p. 77. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  5. "Population statistics Pepper Gowt Plot CP/ExP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  6. "Skirbeck". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2011.