Gedney Broadgate
Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England
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Gedney Broadgate is a hamlet in the civil parish of Gedney and the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated west from the A17 road, 1 mile (1.6 km) south from Gedney, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west from Long Sutton. It includes the area known as Harford Gate.
| Gedney Broadgate | |
|---|---|
 Hunts gate, view toward Harford gate | |
  Gedney Broadgate Location within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TF404223 |
| • London | 90 mi (140 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SPALDING |
| Postcode district | PE12 |
| Dialling code | 01406 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Gedney Bargate was established after the Norman Conquest at the end of the 11th century.[1] At Gedney Bargate was the start point of the earliest medieval post-conquest fen dyke (sea defence bank), being mentioned in a 1226-27 charter.[2]
By 1839 there existed a Baptist chapel in the hamlet,[3] which closed in 1986.[4] Pevsner mentions the 1839 chapel and the existence of "a couple of 18th-century cottages, one still thatched," and Broadgate House, dated 1824.[5] The thatched cottage, at Harford Gate, is a mid-18th-century rendered red-brick Grade II listed building.[6] A further Grade II listed building is the mid-18th-century red-brick Pulvertoft Hall at Harford Gate.[7]
The drainage of land around Gedney Broadgate is now the responsibility of the South Holland Internal Drainage Board,[8] Part of the Water Management Alliance, formerly known as the King’s Lynn Consortium of Internal Drainage Boards.[9]
