Sots Hole[1] is a hamlet in the civil parish of Metheringham in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is located to the northeast of Metheringham, east of Dunston and southwest of Southrey.[2]
| Sots Hole | |
|---|---|
 Metheringham Fen Lane, Sots Hole | |
  Sots Hole Location within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TF1264 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lincoln |
| Postcode district | LN4 |
| Dialling code | 01522 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Nocton Estate Light Railway
editSots Hole was formally served by the Nocton Estate Light Railway[3] which was a small network of working light railway sidings which were connected to Nocton and Dunston railway station and ran as far as the River Witham near Bardney although were never connected to the Lincolnshire Loop Line at Bardney railway station. The railway sidings were simple agricultural railway sidings and worked by workers in the vast amount of fields between Bardney, Nocton and surrounding hamlets. They mostly collected potatoes grown in the marshlands.[4]
Geography
editSots Hole is close to the Metheringham Delph and the hamlet of Metheringham Fen.[5] It is located in a very rural and flat wetlands close to the River Witham.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Lords, Great Britain Parliament House of (1884). Accounts and Papers.
- ^ Langford, Pete. "Sots Hole and Tanvats". Metheringham, Sots Hole and Tanvats Parish Council. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "NOCTON ESTATES LIGHT RAILWAY - Paul Johnson". transportsofdelight.smugmug.com. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Tyson, Colin (15 September 2022). Lincolnshire Industrial Heritage. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-8847-3. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "LiDAR map of Sots Hole Lincolnshire TF 12 64 ()". www.archiuk.com. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
External links
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Media related to Sots Hole at Wikimedia Commons
