Fosdyke
Sign in to saveFosdyke is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 510. It is situated approximately south from Boston, just off the A17, and east from the junction of the A17 with the A16.
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- All Saints, Fosdyke (geograph 3609801).jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 160px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- All Saints, Fosdyke
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Fosdyke
- UK place.population
- 480
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Fosdyke
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Boston
- Population
- +486
- Time zone
- British Summer Time
- Shares border with
- Algarkirk
- Image
- All Saints Church Fosdyke.JPG
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Fosdyke is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 510. It is situated approximately south from Boston, just off the A17, and east from the junction of the A17 with the A16.
==History== The name derives from the Old English and Old Norse "fotrs dic", meaning Fotr's (personal name) ditch.