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Toynton Fen Side

East Lindsey DistrictHamlets in LincolnshireUse British English from March 2016
East Fen Catchwater Drain, Toynton Fen Side geograph.org.uk 443758
East Fen Catchwater Drain, Toynton Fen Side geograph.org.uk 443758

Toynton Fen Side is a hamlet and linear settlement on Fenside Road in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The hamlet is partly in the civil parish of Toynton St Peter, and that of Toynton All Saints. Toynton Fen Side is situated 12 miles (19 km) north from Boston and 11 miles (18 km) west from Skegness. The East Fen Catchwater Drain crosses west to east at the south of the hamlet. Bus services connect Toynton Fen Side with Horncastle, Partney, Wainfleet, Boston, Mablethorpe, and Spilsby. Businesses include garage services and a fencing suppliers. According to trade directories Toynton Fen Side is a centre for growing wheat, barley, potatoes and beans, and has rich pasture land. The settlement was historically under the lordship of the Willoughby de Eresby Barony; in 1855, Peter Drummond-Burrell; in 1885, Clementina Drummond-Willoughby. There was a publican of The Wheatsheaf public house in 1855. A farmer and a publican was mentioned in 1872, where the publican was also a grocer. In 1933 there were two farmers, a smallholder, and a shopkeeper. There was a Primitive Methodist Chapel, dating to 1867, in the Toynton All Saints part of the hamlet. The chapel was variously in the Louth, Spilsby, and Leake Circuits.

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Toynton Fen Side
Fenside, East Lindsey Toynton St Peter

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PE23 5BT East Lindsey, Toynton St Peter
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Toynton All Saints
Toynton All Saints

Toynton All Saints is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the town of Spilsby. Toynton All Saints, and its neighbours, the village of Toynton St Peter and the hamlet of Toynton Fen Side, which lies directly south of Toynton All Saints, are listed three times in Domesday Book of 1086, jointly as "Toantun" so it is not possible to distinguish which entry referred to which place. As a whole, "Toantun" consisted of 78 households and had a church.A medieval pottery kiln and clay pits were recorded during excavations at The Roses, a field in Toynton All Saints, during the 1950s. The kiln was archaeomagnetically dated from 1275 to 1300. Jugs, tiles, water pipes and varieties of domestic pots were found.The parish church is Grade II listed and dedicated to All Saints. It dates from the 18th century and built of red brick, with late 19th-century alterations. The octagonal font is 14th-century with a 19th-century restored base.A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1860, extended in 1939 and again in 2001.A tower windmill was built in the early 19th century, and is Grade II listed. It was converted to a house and extended in the 20th century.A rectory, built in 1872, was owned by The Bishop of Lincoln.Toynton All Saints has a primary school.The village was the home of folklorist, Ethel Rudkin, in the latter part of her life. Rudkin was a collector, as well as an archaeologist and writer, her most notable work is the book Lincolnshire Folklore.