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Westwoodside

Coordinates: 53°29′18″N 0°52′06″W / 53.488255°N 0.86839°W / 53.488255; -0.86839
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Westwoodside
Westwoodside village
Westwoodside is located in Lincolnshire
Westwoodside
Westwoodside
Location within Lincolnshire
Population2,050 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK751996
• London140 mi (230 km) SSE
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDONCASTER
Postcode districtDN9
Dialling code01427
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°29′18″N 0°52′06″W / 53.488255°N 0.86839°W / 53.488255; -0.86839

Westwoodside is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the Isle of Axholme 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Gainsborough, 11 miles (18 km) east of Doncaster and 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Scunthorpe. Westwoodside is in the civil parish of Haxey, a town 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east.

In earlier days,[when?] the Westwood side of the civil parish of Haxey was composed of the hamlets of Park (bef. 1882),[1] Newbigg, Nethergate, Upperthorpe[1] (or Overthorpe) and Commonside.[citation needed]

The village has a primary school.

The community is involved in an annual game over seven hundred years old called Haxey Hood.

Bradley Benjamin Thomas Anderson Musgreaves was born here in 1903. His family home has been turned into a local museum along with a conjoined post office.

References

  1. ^ a b White, William (1 January 1882). History, gazetteer, and directory, of Lincolnshire, and the city & diocese of Lincoln.