Fleet Hargate is a village in the South Holland

South Holland, Lincolnshire

South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire. The district council is based in Spalding.It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Spalding urban district with East Elloe Rural District and Spalding Rural District...

 district of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Holbeach

Holbeach

Holbeach is a fenland market town with in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire, England. The town lies from Spalding; from Boston; from King's Lynn; from Peterborough; and a by road from the county town of Lincoln. It is on the junction of the A151 and A17...

, just south of the A17. It falls within the wider civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Fleet

Fleet, Lincolnshire

Fleet is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on Delph Bank, south-east from Holbeach.Fleet Grade I listed Anglican church, dating from the late 12th century, is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. The 120 foot high church tower with spire is...

 which stretches from Gedney

Gedney, Lincolnshire

Gedney is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies just to the south off the A17 Boston to King's Lynn road, east from Holbeach and north-east from Long Sutton...

 to Holbeach with a total estimated population of 2,286.

The village has been designated a conservation area

Conservation Area (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, the term Conservation Area nearly always applies to an area considered worthy of preservation or enhancement because of its special architectural or historic interest, "the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance," as required by the Planning ...

 by South Holland District Council, one of 13 within the district.

Facilities

• Post Office
• Rose and Crown, public house
  Public house
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• The Bull, public house
• Delph Bank Caravan Park
• The Willows, tea room and restaurant
• Chestnut Farm Shop, garden centre and tea room

History

The now closed Fleet railway station

Fleet railway station (Lincolnshire)

Fleet railway station was a station in Fleet, Lincolnshire. It closed to passengers in 1959, with the last goods train running in 1965.Former Services-References:...

, formerly of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway

The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, was a joint railway owned by the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway in eastern England, affectionately known as the 'Muddle and Get Nowhere' to generations of passengers, enthusiasts, and other users.The main line ran from Peterborough to...

, is on Eastgate.

A Terrier of Fleet Lincolnshire is a 1920 publication based on the 11th century manuscript Fleet Terrier. (A terrier is a legal document detailing land, similar to a Glebe terrier

Glebe terrier

A glebe terrier is a term specific to the Church of England. It is a document, usually a written survey or inventory, which gives details of glebe, lands and property in the parish owned by the Church of England and held by a clergyman as part of the endowment of his benefice, and which provided...

.)