Fishtoft
Sign in to saveFishtoft is a village and suburb of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. Local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms an electoral ward in itself. 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 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census wa
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Guthlacs church, Fishtoft - geograph.org.uk - 33580.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Guthlac's church, Fishtoft
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Fishtoft
- UK place.population
- 7,156
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- Boston
- UK place.shire_county
- Lincolnshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Boston and Skegness
- UK place.post_town
- BOSTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- PE21
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Boston
- Population
- +6835
- Image
- St Guthlacs church, Fishtoft - geograph.org.uk - 33580.jpg
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Fishtoft is a village and suburb of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. Local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms an electoral ward in itself. 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 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 6,835. Rising significantly to 7,156 at the 2021 Census. Fishtoft is also a civil parish.
== History == The name of the village originates from the Old Norse word toft meaning a building site or a curtilage. Adding Fish in the 15th century may be a family name or indicate a connection with fishing. The place-name appears as Toft in the Domesday Book of 1086 and as Fishtoft in 1416.