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Boston Sports Stadium
The Boston Sports Stadium was a Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom, greyhound racing and Motorcycle speedway, speedway stadium on New Hammond Beck Road, Wyberton, near Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston, Lincolnshire. Origins The stadium was constructed near Wyberton House in an area known as Wyberton Fen. To the south was the New Hammond Beck Road and on its north side was the South Forty-Foot Drain. Greyhound racing Racing started on 1 June 1964 and was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the National Greyhound Racing Club). The circuit was described as a good galloping grass track with distances of 300 and 525 yards behind an inside Sumner hare system. Racing was held on Monday and Friday evenings at 7.30pm. Speedway Speedway took place from 21 March 1971 until 1 August 1987. Closure The greyhound track closed in 1983 followed by the speedway in 1987 before being demolished and making way for supermarkets. References {{Motorcycle speedway tracks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyberton
__NOTOC__ Wyberton is a village in Lincolnshire, England. It lies just south-west of Boston, and on the B1397 – the former A16 London Road – between Boston and Kirton. The A16 bisects the village. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,747. Wyberton is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. Wyberton forms an electoral ward in itself. Since the local elections in May 2011, Wyberton has two Boston Borough Councillors, James Knowles (Conservative) and Richard Austin (Boston District Independents) Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions – formally known as "parts" – of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
