Quadring Fen

Quadring Fen
Junction south of Quadring Fen
Quadring Fen Quadring Fen shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF186324
– London	95 mi (153 km) S
District	South Holland, Lincolnshire
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Spalding
Postcode district	PE11
Dialling code	01775
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 52°52′34″N 0°14′19″W / 52.876122°N 0.238520°W / 52.876122; -0.238520

Quadring Fen is a hamlet in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south from the A52 road, 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Billingborough and about 7 miles (11 km) north-west from Spalding.

The village of Quadring is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the east. The smaller settlement of Quadring High Fen is 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the south.

Quadring Fen forms part of the Lincolnshire Fens which was an area of low-lying land prone to flooding prior to drainage works being carried out between 1635 and 1638.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 256.^[1]

This breaks down into:

132 Male

124 Female

253 White, 3 Mixed ethnicity

Commerce and amenities

There used to be a public house in the village called The Old Plough Inn on the corner of South Drove and Quadring Bank. The publican in 1919 was George Hempsall, and it was owned by the Soulby, Son & Winch brewery until 1951 when it was purchased by JW Green of Luton. It was closed for business on 14 May 1962 and subsequently converted for residential use.

The South Forty Foot drain runs through Quadring Fen and there is a pump house situated at the end of South Drove. The Forty foot drain is a pump assisted principal drainage channel for the Fens of Eastern England that was first cut in the 17th century.

References

↑ http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/census-2001/data-and-products/about-the-tables-and-products/types-of-table/census-area-statistics-table-outlines/index.html

External links

Media related to Quadring Fen at Wikimedia Commons

Ceremonial county of Lincolnshire

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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South Holland (District)

Council	South Holland District Council

Civil parishes	Cowbit Crowland Deeping St Nicholas Donington Fleet Gedney Gedney Hill Gosberton Holbeach Little Sutton Long Sutton Lutton Moulton Pinchbeck Quadring Surfleet Sutton Bridge Sutton St Edmund Sutton St James Tydd St Mary Weston Whaplode

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