Boultham
| Boultham | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Helen's church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK965695 |
| Location: | 53°12’50"N, 0°33’22"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 7,465 (2011) |
| Post town: | Lincoln |
| Postcode: | LN6 |
| Dialling code: | 01522 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Lincoln |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Lincoln |
Boultham is an ancient parish in the Kesteven part of Lincolnshire that forms a suburb of the city and county town of Lincoln. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 7,465.[1]
The ecclesiastical parish of Boultham covers most of Lincoln west of the River Witham near Lincoln High Street. The northern boundary is defined by Brayford Pool and the Fossdyke as far as Carholme Golf Course. The parish includes the University of Lincoln, Hartsholme and Swanpool. Tritton Road (B1003) runs through the centre of Boultham.
A new library opened in June 2006.
Boultham Mere, created in 1989, is a nature reserve situated near a railway line and looked after by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Its colony of Variable Damselfly is of national importance.
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13693384&c=Boultham&d=14&e=62&g=6446401&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1465047757894&enc=1. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Boultham) |
- "Boultham Mere", Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves
- "Boultham Mere - seeing Bittern in Lincolnshire", Lincsbirdclub.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2013
- "Boultham Mere", Boulthamere.blogspot.com
- "Lincolnshire and UK Dragonflies and Damselflies", Forktail.co.uk
- Boultham in the Domesday Book
