A third road heads eastwards, and used to serve the ferry to Burton upon Stather, but now stops short of the banks of the Trent.

Four days before closure, the North Axholme Secondary School at Crowle chartered a 4-car diesel multiple unit, and traversed the entire line, apart from the route south of Epworth which had been closed in 1956.

The train was met at Fockerby by the headmistress and all of the pupils from Garthorpe County Primary School.

[citation needed] Garthorpe is barely above sea level - and is about 1 mile from the tidal river Trent protected by large levees.

The secondary school for the catchment area is North Axholme Comprehensive, 7 miles (11 km) away.

[6] There was also a public house situated adjacent to the River Trent where the ferry crossed to Burton upon Stather.

It is thought that he was captured and hung and his remains buried at the southern end of Carr Lane, where the grass triangle is situated.

His main hiding area was a place called Cow Lane, a local common pasture which everybody crossed as means as a short cut between the villages.

When he had spent his time of hard labour and was due to be released, he died and never returned to be with the family who was waiting for him.