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North Kesteven North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The district is located to the east of Nottinghamshire, north-east of Leicestershire and south of the city of Lincoln. Its council, North Kesteven District Council, is bas ...

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, England. It is situated approximately south from

Tattershall Tattershall is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A153 Horncastle to Sleaford road, east from the point where that road crosses the River Witham. At its eastern end, Tatters ...

, and at the confluence of the Rivers

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and

Witham Witham () is a town in the county of Essex in the East of England, with a population ( 2011 census) of 25,353. It is part of the District of Braintree and is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany. Witham stands between the city of Chelms ...

, and close to where the

River Slea The River Slea is a tributary of the River Witham, in Lincolnshire, England. In 1872 the river was described as "a never-ending source of pure water", and was a trout river renowned throughout the East coast of England. But in the late 1960s, t ...

joins the Witham.

Community

Dogdyke is part of the

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of Dogdyke with Chapel Hill within the district of

and is within the

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Billinghay Billinghay is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately north-east from Sleaford, and lies on the B1189 Walcott road near its junction with the A153. Just south ...

. The civil parish also includes nearby Tattershall Bridge, where the A153 crosses the Witham. Nearby settlements are the hamlets of Chapel Hill and Tattershall Bridge, and Hawthorn Hill to which Dogdyke is conjoined. The Chapel of

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was located at Dogdyke in the 14th century, and was mentioned in 1342. It has long since vanished and its location has not been found. Dogdyke appears as "Dokedyke" in the 14th century, and fell within the ancient

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of Langoe. The hamlet has two

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, a caravan park and a

marina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...

Drainage

The first drainage pump at Dogdyke was built in 1796 and was wind-powered. It was replaced in 1856 by the

Dogdyke Pumping Station The Dogdyke Engine is a drainage engine near Tattershall, Lincolnshire, in England. The drainage of of land around Tattershall was authorised in 1796, and came under the control of the Witham Third District commissioners in 1844 The building ...

which was driven by steam, and later by diesel. Dogdyke falls within the drainage area of the Witham Third District

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. Chapel Hill, on the opposite west bank of the Witham, falls within the drainage area of the Witham First District

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