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Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England

Human settlement in England
Wasps Nest
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Wasps Nest is located in LincolnshireWasps NestWasps NestLocation within Lincolnshire
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  • Nocton
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53°10′30″N 0°23′20″W / 53.175°N 0.389°W / 53.175; -0.389

Wasps Nest is a hamlet in the civil parish of Nocton in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is located to the northeast of Nocton, southwest of Bardney and south of Potterhanworth Booths.

Nocton Estate Light Railway

Wasps Nest was formally served by the Nocton Estate Light Railway 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.

Geography

Sign Post to Wasps Nest and Nocton Fen

Wasps Nest is close to the Nocton Bankside Drain and the hamlet of Nocton Fen. It is located in a very rural and flat wetlands close to the River Witham.

References

  1. "Wasps Nest". britishplacenames.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. 2000. ISBN 978-0-903582-17-9. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. "NOCTON ESTATES LIGHT RAILWAY - Paul Johnson". transportsofdelight.smugmug.com. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  4. Tyson, Colin (15 September 2022). Lincolnshire Industrial Heritage. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-8847-3. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  5. Guide, Lincolnshire Tourism. "Wasps Nest, Lincolnshire". Lincolnshire Tourism Guide. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

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