Tongue End
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Tongue End is a small Lincolnshire
village of Victorian redbrick farmworkers' cottages and early 20th century former council house
s at . It is located alongside the Counter Drain Between Baston
, Bourne
, and Pode Hole
, spread out along the road. It is large enough that it once had a village school (built in 1876) and three pubs, and small and remote enough to be known as a location of Treacle mines.
The name is said to refer to the shape of the land between the rivers Glen
and Bourne Eau
. Certainly there is a location on the Stamford Canal
which is similarly formed and has the same name.
Tongue End falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board
. Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel
drained into the Counter Drain nearby.
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
village of Victorian redbrick farmworkers' cottages and early 20th century former council house
Council house
A council house, otherwise known as a local authority house, is a form of public or social housing. The term is used primarily in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Council houses were built and operated by local councils to supply uncrowded, well-built homes on secure tenancies at...
s at . It is located alongside the Counter Drain Between Baston
Baston
Baston is a parish on the edge of The Fens and in the administrative district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. Like most fen-edge parishes, it was laid out more than a thousand years ago, in an elongated form, to afford the produce from a variety of habitats for the villagers...
, Bourne
Bourne, Lincolnshire
Bourne is a market town and civil parish on the western edge of the Fens, in the District of South Kesteven in southern Lincolnshire, England.-The town:...
, and Pode Hole
Pode Hole
Pode Hole is a small village to the west of Spalding at the confluence of several drainage channels. Two pumping stations discharge water into Vernatt's Drain from land in Deeping Fen to the South and West. Water from Pinchbeck South Fen to the North is also lifted into Vernatt's Drain...
, spread out along the road. It is large enough that it once had a village school (built in 1876) and three pubs, and small and remote enough to be known as a location of Treacle mines.
The name is said to refer to the shape of the land between the rivers Glen
River Glen, Lincolnshire
The River Glen is a river in Lincolnshire, England with a short stretch passing through Rutland near Essendine.The river's name appears to derive from a Brythonic Celtic language but there is a strong early English connection.-Naming:...
and Bourne Eau
Bourne Eau
Bourne Eau is a short river which rises in the town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, England, and flows in an easterly direction to join the River Glen at Tongue End. It is an embanked river, as its normal level is higher than that of the surrounding Fens...
. Certainly there is a location on the Stamford Canal
Stamford Canal
-New plans:The river Welland is not currently navigable above Crowland but plans for the Fens Waterways Link include a new link upstream of here to above the Dog in a doublet sluice on the River Nene. There are currently no plans to restore navigation to Stamford....
which is similarly formed and has the same name.
Tongue End falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board
Internal Drainage Board
An internal drainage board is a type of operating authority which is established in areas of special drainage need in England and Wales with permissive powers to undertake work to secure clean water drainage and water level management within drainage districts...
. Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel
Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel
Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel was an engineering project dating from the 1630s as one of the earliest modern attempts to drain The Fens in Lincolnshire...
drained into the Counter Drain nearby.
See also
- Bourne EauBourne EauBourne Eau is a short river which rises in the town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, England, and flows in an easterly direction to join the River Glen at Tongue End. It is an embanked river, as its normal level is higher than that of the surrounding Fens...
article for more information about the pumping station history. - Counter Drain railway stationCounter Drain railway stationCounter Drain railway station was a remote station in Lincolnshire serving the village of Tongue End. It was on the route of the Spalding and Bourne Railway , later part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway which ran across East Anglia to the Norfolk Coast...