Garthorpe, North Lincolnshire

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.665355
longitude= -0.720222
official_name= Garthorpe
population =
unitary_england= North Lincolnshire
lieutenancy_england= Lincolnshire
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
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dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SE845195
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civil_parish= Garthorpe and Fockerby

Garthorpe is a village located in the Isle of Axholme, in North Lincolnshire, England. Together with Fockerby, which is contiguous with the village, Garthorpe forms a civil parish of about 500 inhabitants.

Before the Dutch drainage pioneer Cornelius Vermuyden re-routed the River Don in his drainage of the area, Garthorpe lay on the east bank of the River Don in Lincolnshire while Fockerby lay in Yorkshire.

Until the opening of the Keadby Road and rail bridge in 1917, there existed a boat ferry from the east end of the village along Shore Road to Burton upon Stather across the River Trent.

Up to 1933 there was a train service to Fockerby Halt from Goole and Haxey, this line being closed to freight in 1965. Much of the local produce being shipped was potatoes and tulips out of the village with coal was ferried in.

Garthorpe is barely above sea level - and is about 1 mile from the tidal river Trent protected by large levies. Positioned midway between Goole and Scunthorpe, transport to and from must be via car. A local bus service is available.

The former primary school closed in the mid 1960s necessitating a council funded bus service to the Luddington and Garthorpe infants and primary school in Luddington 2 miles south of the Village. The catchment area's secondary school being North Axholme Comprehensive, 7 miles away. At present there is a shop and a local pub called the Bayhorse. The village's other pub called the 'Plough Inn' closed in 1918.

* [http://isleofaxholme.googlepages.com/ Isle of Axholme website]