Dyke is a village in the

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, England. It is situated less than east from the

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, and approximately 1 mile north-east from Bourne. Dyke is within Bourne

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. The name Dyke arises from its lying on Car Dyke, a once much larger

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ditch, which runs along the western edge of

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. The section of Car Dyke between Dyke and Bourne is a scheduled ancient monument. For population statistics Dyke, Twenty, South Fen, and Spalding road outside Bourne are taken together; Dyke is the largest of these settlements. The 2001 census recorded a population of 1,598, falling to 1,541 at the 2011 census. Dyke and Dyke Fen fall within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board. A new fountain was built on the green in the centre of the village to mark the millennium. Dyke's

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is The Wishing Well Inn.

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