Boultham
Suburb and ward of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England
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Boultham (ⓘ) is an inner-city and ward of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the City of Lincoln ward at the 2021 census was 11,258 this included the areas of New Boultham and Swanpool. The ward is one of the eleven electoral districts within the City of Lincoln Council.
| Boultham | |
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Clockwise from top: Tritton Road, Boultham Park & Lincoln Central Mosque | |
  Boultham Location within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 11,258 (2021 Census Ward Profile)[1] |
| • London | 157 mi (253 km) S |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lincoln |
| Postcode district | LN6 |
| Dialling code | 01522 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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History
In 1911 the civil parish had a population of 1028.[3]
On 9 November 1920 the parish was abolished and merged with Lincoln.[4]
1939 Hampden crash
Monday 20 March 1939 12pm, a Handley Page Hampden 'L4082' of 50 Sqn at RAF Waddington, crashed, returning from RAF Evanton in Scotland, near Boultham Swimming Baths.[5][6] There was wreckage over the tennis courts next door. Fire engines arrived from Lincoln.
Four airmen were killed
- Pilot Officer Robert Alexander McAlister, aged 23, from Glasgow
- Sergeant Walter Harvey Freestone, aged 27, of Liverpool
- Aircraftman N Vincent Newsham, aged 27
- Aircraftman Frederick Roy Greensill, aged 18, of Middlewich; he attended Sandbach Grammar School, and had worked at Middlewich Salt[7][8]
Geography
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Boultham Mere, created in 1989, is a nature reserve situated near a railway line. The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust looks after it. It has a colony of Variable Damselfly.
The ecclesiastical parish of Boultham covers most of Lincoln west of the River Witham near Lincoln High Street and part of Lincoln City Centre. The northern boundary is defined by Brayford Pool and the Fossdyke as far as Carholme Golf Course. The district includes the suburbs of Hartsholme, New Boultham and Swanpool. Tritton Road runs through the centre of Boultham.
The grade II* listed St Helen's Church is used for occasional service and the newer building of Holy Cross church is used for routine worship, within the Anglican Boultham Parish.[9]
The area is home to Lincoln Central Mosque and Cultural Centre and multiple retail parks.
Governance
As of 2011, the Boultham ward on Lincoln City Council is represented by three Labour Party councillors and the ward on Lincolnshire County Council by one Labour councillor.
Demographics
At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 11,258. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:
| Boultham: Ethnicity: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
| Ethnic group | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 9,845 | 87.4% | |||||||||||
| Asian or Asian British | 697 | 6.2% | |||||||||||
| Black or Black British | 275 | 2.4% | |||||||||||
| Mixed | 240 | 2.1% | |||||||||||
| Other Ethnic Group | 137 | 1.2% | |||||||||||
| Arab | 64 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
| Total | 11,258 | 100% | |||||||||||
The religious composition of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:
| Boultham: Religion: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
| Religious | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irreligious | 5,614 | 55.2% | |||||||||||
| Christian | 4,044 | 39.8% | |||||||||||
| Muslim | 269 | 2.6% | |||||||||||
| Other religion | 84 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
| Hindu | 69 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
| Buddhist | 44 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
| Sikh | 30 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| Jewish | 11 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Total | 11,258 | 100% | |||||||||||
