__NOTOC__ Saltfleetby is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the East Lindsey district of

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, England on the coast of the

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, about east from Louth and north from

Mablethorpe Mablethorpe is a seaside town in the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.OS Explorer map 283:Louth and Mablethorpe: (1:25 000): In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 3,611. On 1 Ap ...

. The parish had a population of 599 in the 2001 Census, decreasing to 568 in the 2011 Census. A local name for the village is Soloby. Until 1999, Saltfleetby comprised three parishes: Saltfleetby St Peter, Saltfleetby All Saints and Saltfleetby St Clement, each one centred on the church that gave it its name. The hamlet of Three Bridges is south of Saltfleetby St Peter. Saltfleetby contains a wooden village hall, fishing lakes with a campsite and shop, and the Prussian Queen

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. Saltfleetby Gas Field, north of North End Lane, is part of the neighbouring village of South Cockerington.

Second World War

The Second World War defences constructed in and around Saltfleetby have been documented by William Foot. They included extensive minefields between the Great Eau river and the dunes, a large number of pillboxes and a

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shelter in the field adjacent to The Prussian Queen.

Geography and ecology

A section of the parish seashore is salt marsh between Saltfleetby and the

, and is part of the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve, which has sea dunes and both saltwater and freshwater marshes. The reserve is one of only around 60 places in the UK where the

natterjack toad The natterjack toad (''Epidalea calamita'') is a toad native to sandy and heath (habitat), heathland areas of Europe and the United Kingdom. Adults are in length, and are distinguished from common toads by a yellow line down the middle of the b ...

is found. Many

halophyte A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores. ...

(salt-tolerating) plant species are found there as well as wild orchids. Grey seals breed further north in

Donna Nook Donna Nook is a point on the low-lying coast of north Lincolnshire, England, north of the village of North Somercotes and south of Great Grimsby, Grimsby. The area, a salt marsh, is used by a number of Royal Air Force stations in Lincolnshire fo ...

nature reserve within the Saltfleet and

North Somercotes North Somercotes is a village near to the North Sea coast, in the Non-metropolitan district, district of East Lindsey and the Marshes area, of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated midway between the towns of Mablethorpe and Cleeth ...

parishes.

References

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Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve

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. Retrieved 18 May 2012
Saltfleetby C of E Primary School
{{authority control Populated coastal places in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Nature reserves in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District Villages in Lincolnshire

Second World War

Geography and ecology

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