Potterhanworth Booths is a

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in the

North Kesteven North Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Sleaford. The district also contains the town of North Hykeham, which adjoins the neighbouring city of Lincoln, England, L ...

district of

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, England. It is situated south-east from

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, and at the junction of the B1202 and B1190 roads. Potterhanworth Fen - geograph

The hamlet has a population of about 30, and is within the

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 ...

Potterhanworth Potterhanworth is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 839. It is situated south-east from Lincoln. The hamlet of Potterhanworth Booths is ...

. It is adjacent to Potterhanworth

Fen A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetland along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires ...

to the south-east.

Potter Hanworth Wood Potterhanworth Wood () is a 32.0 hectare woodland, close to the village of Potterhanworth in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. Potterhanworth was known as Potter Hanworth until the 1950s. __NOTOC__ The site was notified as a Site of Special Sc ...

, a

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, is to the south. Potterhanworth Booths takes its name from the village of Potterhanworth, to the south-west, whose name refers to the early clay industries set up in the local area.

History

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s and spear heads have been found in the village, and there are signs that Potterhanworth Booths was farmed during the

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

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Branston Booths Branston Booths is a small village in the civil parish of Branston and Mere, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately east from the city of Lincoln, and stands at the intersection of the Ca ...

were both settled by the

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. At Potterhanworth Booths, remains of Roman field boundaries and enclosures, as well as worked iron, a quern, millstones and coins have been found.

References

Hamlets in Lincolnshire North Kesteven District {{Lincolnshire-geo-stub