__NOTOC__ Tongue End is a small village in the

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district of

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, England. It is situated east from Bourne and south-west from Spalding, and alongside the Counter Drain that runs between Baston and

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. Tongue End comprises

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red-brick farmworkers' cottages and early 20th-century former

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s. It once had a village school (built in 1876), and three

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. The name is said to refer to the shape of the land between the rivers Glen and Bourne Eau. There is a location on the

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which is similarly formed and has the same name. Tongue End falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings

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."The Welland & Deeping IDB"
/ref> Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel drained into the Counter Drain nearby. Image:RiverGlenTongueEnd.jpg, The pumping station (built 1966) at the confluence of the River Glen and the Bourne Eau. Image:Tongue_End_track_Lincolnshire.jpg, Track near Tongue End. Image:Bridge over the counter drain at Tongue End.jpg , Bridge over the Counter Drain

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* {{Authority control The Deepings Hamlets in Lincolnshire South Holland, Lincolnshire

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