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Haxey
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Also known as Haxey, Lincolnshire

Haxey is a town and civil parish on the Isle of Axholme in the North Lincolnshire unitary authority of Lincolnshire, England. It is directly south of Epworth, south-west of Scunthorpe, north-west of Gainsborough, east of Doncaster and north-north-west of Lincoln, with a population of 4,584 at the 2011 census. The town was regarded as the historic capital of the Isle of Axholme.

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Place details

Locality
Upperthorpe
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
2,153
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Haxey
UK place.type
Town and civil parish
UK place.population
4,485
UK place.population_ref
(2021 census)
UK place.unitary_england
North Lincolnshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Lincolnshire
UK place.region
Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.parts_type
Areas of the town
UK place.p1
East Lound
UK place.p2
Graizelound
UK place.p3
Haxey Carr
UK place.p4
High Burnham
UK place.p5
Low Burnham
UK place.p6
Owston Ferry
UK place.p7
Upperthorpe
UK place.p8
Westwoodside
UK place.constituency_westminster
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

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Haxey is a town and civil parish on the Isle of Axholme in the North Lincolnshire unitary authority of Lincolnshire, England. It is directly south of Epworth, south-west of Scunthorpe, north-west of Gainsborough, east of Doncaster and north-north-west of Lincoln, with a population of 4,584 at the 2011 census. The town was regarded as the historic capital of the Isle of Axholme.

Haxey lies between the villages of Westwoodside and Owston Ferry, part of the Isle of Axholme, and is notable for Haxey Hood, a local event with over 700 years of history.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haxey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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