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Whaplode is a village and
civil parish in the
South Holland
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district of
Lincolnshire, England. It is just west of the
Prime Meridian. The parish includes the village of
Whaplode Drove
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Whaplode Drove is a village in the civil parish of Whaplode , in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately south from the market town of Spalding. The hamlet of Shepeau Stow is to the south-west.
Wha ...
, and the hamlets of
Shepeau Stow, Dowsdale, Whaplode St Catherine, and Saracen's Head.
History
The name 'Whaplode' derives from the
Old English
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''cwappa-lad'' meaning '
Eelpout watercourse'.
Because of the historical development of the area, other local places use 'Whaplode' as part of their name. When the parishes were originally laid out, a thousand or so years ago, in order to give each enough resources to provide a living, they were made long and narrow. In this way each parish had its share of marsh for pasture and perhaps salt making, Townland for arable farming, and fen for
fowling, thatch and
turf. As the wetlands were reclaimed other settlements were made in the newly inhabitable places. In Whaplode parish these outlying places are Whaplode St Catherine () and
Whaplode Drove
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Whaplode Drove is a village in the civil parish of Whaplode , in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately south from the market town of Spalding. The hamlet of Shepeau Stow is to the south-west.
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(). The village used to have a
railway station to the south of the village on the former
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.
Governance
Whaplode is part of
Whaplode and Holbeach St John's electoral ward. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 4,347.
Geography
Whaplode is situated on the
A151 road
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. west from
Holbeach and east from
Spalding.
In old documents the village it is sometimes spelt "Whapload". The main village lies on the marine
silt ridge, known as the Townlands, which rises between the former
salt marsh and the former
fen to be found around
The Wash. This ridge follows the A151 road. Its neighbours on the Townlands are Holbeach and
Moulton. Whaplode St Catherine is a hamlet in Whaplode parish.
Amenities
The village church is dedicated to
Saint Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
. The village is situated on the A151 High Road. A
Co-op store is part of a
BP garage on the A151.
Whaplode has the highest ratio of sculptures to residents of any settlement in Lincolnshire.
References
External links
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Parish councilCE Primary school
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Villages in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
South Holland, Lincolnshire