Hop Pole
Victorian cast-iron milepost by Littleworth Drove
Hop Pole is located in Lincolnshire
Hop Pole
Hop Pole
Location within Lincolnshire
Population105 
OS grid referenceTF186140
 London80 mi (130 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSPALDING
Postcode districtPE11
Dialling code01775 63
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Hop Pole is a hamlet in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Deeping St James and Deeping St Nicholas, and on the A1175 Littleworth Drove road.

No separate population statistic is available for Hop Pole. The best available report is for the whole Deeping St Nicholas civil parish with a total of 1323 people within 505 dwellings.[1] There are approximately 40 homes in Hop Pole, around 105 people pro-rata.

Hop Pole falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.[2] Hop Pole had three pubs: The Oat Sheaf Inn (closed 1957 and since demolished), The Blue Bell Inn (closed 2012 and now a motorhome stop-over site) and the Hop Pole Inn (closed in 1928 following the death of its long-serving landlord, Charles Stainsby).

The Hop Pole Inn, undated 1920s postcard

References

  1. "Office for National Statistics web site, 2001 census".
  2. "Welland and Deepings IDB".
  • Media related to Hop Pole at Wikimedia Commons
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