Gosberton
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Gosberton is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-west of Boston, north of Spalding and north-west of Holbeach. The parish includes the villages and hamlets of Gosberton Clough and Risegate, Westhorpe and Gosberton Cheal. The population of Gosberton, which was approximately 2,500, increased to 2,958 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- South Holland
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,764
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Peter and St Paul Church, Gosberton.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Peter and St Paul, Gosberton
- UK place.official_name
- Gosberton
- UK place.population
- 2,958
- UK place.shire_district
- South Holland
- UK place.shire_county
- Lincolnshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Holland and The Deepings
- UK place.post_town
- SPALDING
- UK place.postcode_district
- PE11
- UK place.postcode_area
- PE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01775
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TF241313
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 95
- UK place.london_direction
- S
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Gosberton is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-west of Boston, north of Spalding and north-west of Holbeach. The parish includes the villages and hamlets of Gosberton Clough and Risegate, Westhorpe and Gosberton Cheal. The population of Gosberton, which was approximately 2,500, increased to 2,958 at the 2011 Census.
The place-name 'Gosberton' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Gosebertechirche and Gozeberdechercha. The name meant 'Gosbeorht's church', which was later changed to Gosberton, meaning 'Gosbeorht's town or settlement'. Eilert Ekwall comments, "Gosbeorht is probably a Continental name (Old High German Gauzpert, Gosbert from Gautberht)."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gosberton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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