Wasps Nest Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.175°N -0.389°W
Map Type:Lincolnshire
Official Name:Wasps Nest[1]
Static Image:Telephone kiosk and postbox, Wasps Nest - geograph.org.uk - 3204100.jpg
Static Image Caption:Wasps Nest
Shire District:North Kesteven
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Sleaford and North Hykeham
Civil Parish:Nocton
Post Town:Lincoln
Postcode District:LN4
Postcode Area:LN
Dial Code:01522

Wasps Nest[2] is a hamlet in the civil parish of Nocton in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is located to the northeast of Nocton, southwest of Bardney and south of Potterhanworth Booths.

Nocton Estate Light Railway

Wasps Nest was formally served by the Nocton Estate Light Railway[3] which was a small network of working light railway sidings which were connected to Nocton and Dunston railway station and ran as far as the River Witham near Bardney although were never connected to the Lincolnshire Loop Line at Bardney railway station. The railway sidings were simple agricultural railway sidings and worked by workers in the vast amount of fields between Bardney, Nocton and surrounding hamlets. They mostly collected potatoes grown in the marshlands.[4]

Geography

Wasps Nest is close to the Nocton Bankside Drain and the hamlet of Nocton Fen. It is located in a very rural and flat wetlands close to the River Witham.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wasps Nest . britishplacenames.uk . 4 November 2024.
  2. Book: Lincolnshire History and Archaeology . 2000 . 978-0-903582-17-9 . 4 November 2024 . en.
  3. Web site: NOCTON ESTATES LIGHT RAILWAY - Paul Johnson . transportsofdelight.smugmug.com . 4 November 2024 . en.
  4. Book: Tyson . Colin . Lincolnshire Industrial Heritage . 15 September 2022 . Amberley Publishing Limited . 978-1-4456-8847-3 . 4 November 2024 . en.
  5. Web site: Guide . Lincolnshire Tourism . Wasps Nest, Lincolnshire . Lincolnshire Tourism Guide . 4 November 2024 . en.