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UK. England. Lincolnshire. 52°40′39″N 0°19′02″W / 52.6776°N 0.3173°W / 52.6776; -0.3173. Market Deeping is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, on the north bank of the River Welland and the A15 road. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 6,008. [2]
Beyond Market Deeping, the course consisted of an artificial cut with 10 more locks, by which it reached the eastern edge of Stamford, after which it rejoined the river to reach the town wharf. The length of the cut was 6.5 miles (10.5 km), although the length of the canal is usually quoted as 9.5 miles (15.3 km), to include the improved river ...
Deeping St James lies 1 mile (1.6 km) east from Market Deeping, to which it is conjoined, and on the River Welland, at the centre of rich sedimentary agricultural land on the B1166 and B1162 roads. With a population of 6,923 in 2,837 households, it is the largest of The Deepings parishes. [ 11 ]
The newly-formed Market Deeping Town Council took a lease on the building from South Kesteven District Council in 1977, and started to use the building as its main meeting place. [11] In 2012 a plaque was attached to the front of the town hall, above the window in the left hand bay, to recognise the selection of Market Deeping as an Olympic ...
Road bowling (Irish: Ból an bhóthair; also called [long] bullets) [1][2] is an Irish sport in which competitors attempt to take the fewest throws to propel a metal ball along a predetermined course of country roads. [3] The sport originated in Ireland and is mainly played in counties Armagh and Cork. Road bowling in Ireland is governed by the ...
a rink that runs parallel to the ditch along its length. ditch weight. to play a bowl with sufficient weight to reach the ditch at the other end of the rink, or the ditch nearest the head in Crown Green bowls. division. in pennant games, associations may create tiered competition made up of separate divisions of teams.
Stowgate. Stowgate is a small settlement in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) north-east from Deeping St James, and is linked to the Deepings group of villages. Stowgate contains very few houses, most of which are farmhouses. The settlement grew up around Stowgate Farm – the ...
Peterborough (/ ˈpiːtərbərə, - bʌrə / ⓘ PEE-tər-bər-ə, -burr-ə) is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For centuries, the city and many of its surrounding villages formed the Soke of Peterborough, in the historic county of Northamptonshire.