Newtoft
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| Newtoft | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Doglands, Newtoft | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF046864 |
| Location: | 53°21’53"N, 0°25’44"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Market Rasen |
| Postcode: | LN8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Newtoft is a hamlet in Lindsey, Lincolnshire's northern part. It was created from the redevelopment of the buildings of the former RAF Faldingworth.
At the edge of the village, Faldingworth Airfield was RAF Faldingworth until 1972. In 1957 the site became a nuclear weapons store for the RAF's V bomber force. In times of crisis nuclear weapons from the site would be distributed to the nearby V-bomber airfields. With the transfer of the British nuclear deterrent role to the Royal Navy's Resolution-class submarines in 1968, the site was run down and finally deactivated in 1972.
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