Whaplode Drove

Whaplode Drove is a village in the civil parish of Whaplode , in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) south from the market town of Spalding. The hamlet of Shepeau Stow is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-west.

Whaplode Drove
Whaplode Drove church
Whaplode Drove is located in Lincolnshire
Whaplode Drove
Whaplode Drove
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF319133
• London80 mi (130 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSPALDING
Postcode districtPE12
Dialling code01406
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Whaplode Drove is a largely rural village and lies in the middle of the Lincolnshire Fens.

The name 'Whaplode' derives from the Old English cwappa-lad meaning 'eel pout watercourse'.[2]

Community

Village amenities include a post office with shop, a church, garage and a social club.

The ecclesiastical parish is Whaplode Drove. The parish church, on Broadgate, is dedicated to St John the Baptist. The parish is part of the Whaplode Drove Group of the Deanery of Elloe East. The only other parish in the group is Gedney Hill.[3]

The church maintains a church hall,[4] and the village also has a war memorial, and The Elizabethan centre, a community hall intended to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, but which took until 1982 to be built.[5][6]

References
  1. "Whaplode drove ward". Whaplode parish council. Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  2. "Key to English Place-names".
  3. "Parish of Whaplode Drove". Diocese of Lincoln. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  4. "St John Baptist Church Hall". Community Lincs. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  5. "History of Whaplode Drove". Whaplode parish council. Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  6. "The Elizabethan centre". Details of Venues. Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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