Dyke, Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 52°47′20″N 0°21′46″W / 52.78877°N 0.36287°W / 52.78877; -0.36287

Dyke
Baptist Chapel, Dyke
Dyke  Dyke shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF105225
Parish	Bourne
District	South Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BOURNE
Postcode district	PE10 0
Dialling code	01778
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Grantham and Stamford
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Dyke is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies within the civil parish of Bourne.

The name Dyke arises from its lying on Car Dyke, a once much larger Roman ditch, which runs along the western edge of The Fens. The section of Car Dyke between Dyke and Bourne is a scheduled ancient monument.^[1]

For population statistics Dyke, Twenty, South Fen, and Spalding road outside Bourne are taken together; Dyke is the largest of these settlements.^{[citation needed]} The 2001 census recorded a population of 1,598.^[2]

Dyke and Dyke Fen fall within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board.^[3]

A new fountain was built on the green in the centre of the village to mark the millennium.^{[citation needed]}

Dyke's public house is The Wishing Well Inn.

References

1. ^ "National Monuments record for listed portion of Car Dyke". http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1034975. 
2. ^ "Office for National Statistics web site, 2001 census.". http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/NeighbourhoodProfile.do?a=7&c=PE10+0AF&g=468584&i=1001x1012&j=310664&m=1&p=1&q=1&r=0&s=1250374818778&enc=1&tab=2&inWales=false. 
3. ^ "Black Sluice IDB". http://www.blacksluiceidb.gov.uk/. 

External links

Media related to Dyke, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons

• "Dyke", homepages.which.net. Retrieved 22 July 2011