Boultham is a suburb of the

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershir ...

city and county town of Lincoln, England. The population of the City of Lincoln ward at the 2011 census was 7,465. The

ecclesiastical parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of Boultham covers most of Lincoln west of the

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near Lincoln High Street. The northern boundary is defined by Brayford Pool and the

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as far as Carholme Golf Course. The parish includes the

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, Hartsholme and Swanpool. Tritton Road ( B1003) runs through the centre of Boultham. As at 2011, the Boultham ward on Lincoln City Council is represented by three Labour Party councillors; the ward on Lincolnshire County Council by one Labour councillor. A new library opened in June 2006.

Nature reserve

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

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"Boultham Mere"
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves

Lincsbirdclub.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2013
"Boultham Mere"
Boulthamere.blogspot.com

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