Sandtoft, Lincolnshire

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Sandtoft is a hamlet in the civil parish of Belton, North Lincolnshire, England.

Sandtoft
The Reindeer Inn, Sandtoft
Sandtoft is located in Lincolnshire
Sandtoft
Sandtoft
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceSE746080
• London150 mi (240 km) S
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDoncaster
Postcode districtDN8
Dialling code01724
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
WebsiteBelton Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°33′50″N 0°52′27″W / 53.564010°N 0.874245°W / 53.564010; -0.874245

Sandtoft is in Hatfield Chase on the Isle of Axholme, 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Epworth. The village was served by the Isle of Axholme Joint Railway and was on the Fockerby branch with a goods station serving the former RAF airfield.

RAF Sandtoft was an RAF Bomber Command airfield. It opened in April 1944, closed in November 1945 and was sold for civilian uses in 1955. Today part of the site is Sandtoft Airfield and The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Europe's largest trolleybus museum, is on another part.

Sandtoft and nearby Epworth, Lincolnshire were centres of unrest during the 17th draining of The Fens.[1]

References

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  1. ^ James Boyce Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens, Icon Books, 2020.

Further reading

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  • Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John (1964). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 190.
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