Stowgate
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Stowgate is a small farming settlement in Lincolnshire
, England
, located approximately two miles North-East of Deeping St James
. Stowgate contains very few houses, most of which are farm houses, complementing the agricultural way of life in the Deepings
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farm.
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
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, located approximately two miles North-East of Deeping St James
Deeping St James
Deeping St James is a large village in Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Deeping St James lies east of Market Deeping on the River Welland, in the middle of rich sedimentary agricultural land on the B1166 and B1162 roads. With a population of 6,923 in 2837 households, it is the largest of The...
. Stowgate contains very few houses, most of which are farm houses, complementing the agricultural way of life in the Deepings
The Deepings
The Deepings is a collective term used to describe adjoining villages near the River Welland, 8 miles to the north of Peterborough and 10 miles or so east of Stamford in England. The area is just north of the Peterborough border in the Lincolnshire fens...
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History
Stowgate grew up around one large farm, known as Stowgate Farm, the farm-house of which is still in existence. After the war it was divided into several smaller farms, which were intended to provide housing for people who had worked contributing to the war effort, so giving them land to on which to grow their own food. These farms still exist today.Industry
As well as agriculture, Stowgate has industry such as Vanpa Engineering and a Bernard Matthews turkeyDomesticated turkey
The domesticated turkey is a large poultry bird. The modern domesticated form descends from the wild turkey , one of the two species of turkey ; in the past the ocellated turkey was also domesticated.The turkey is raised throughout temperate parts of the world and is a popular form of poultry,...
farm.