Twenty is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the
South Kesteven
South Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. Its council is based in Grantham. The district also includes the towns of Bourne, ...
district of
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...
, England. It is situated approximately east of
Bourne, and west of
Spalding.
Location
Twenty is situated on the
A151 road, possibly originally a
Roman road
Roman roads ( ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Em ...
or
Norman causeway
A causeway is a track, road or railway on the upper point of an embankment across "a low, or wet place, or piece of water". It can be constructed of earth, masonry, wood, or concrete. One of the earliest known wooden causeways is the Sweet T ...
, a road today notable for the very deep
drainage dyke that runs alongside it. Nearby are
Guthram Gowt and
West Pinchbeck. Immediately to the south is the
River Glen.
No separate population statistic is available for Twenty. The best available report lumps together
Dyke, Twenty, South Fen and Spalding Road outside Bourne, with a total of 495, with Dyke being the largest.
Modern drainage
The area falls within the drainage area of the Black Sluice
Internal Drainage Board.
Black Sluice IDB
/ref> They maintain a small electric pumping station to the west of the crossroads, called ''Twenty Pumping Station''
See also
* List of places with numeric names
References
* Wheeler, W. H. ''A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire'', 2nd edn. Boston & London. 1896. Facsimile edn Paul Watkins. Stamford. 1990. .
* Ordnance Survey. 1:25 000 First Series. Sheet TF12 (Dowsby). 1955.
* Croft, E. ''Lincolnshire Railway Stations. Reflections of a Bygone Age.'' Nottingham. 1993. . (a photo of Twenty Station).
* Dugdale, W. ''Imbanking and Draining''. 1662. (Map of the Lindsey Level.)
* Bevis, T. ''Hereward and De Gestis Herwardi Saxonis'' Westrydale Press. March. 1981. (direct translation of the Peterborough monk's work).
External links
*
District Council page on Bourne
*
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
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Hamlets in Lincolnshire
South Kesteven District