Gedney, Lincolnshire

Gedney (listenⓘ) is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England.

[2] A hospital for five paupers, (St Thomas Martyr), was founded at Gedney, date unknown, and served from North Creake.

[citation needed] Gedney and its parish lies on reclaimed fenland, making it one of the most intensive crop-growing areas in the UK.

To access the part of the parish along the start of The Wash would be extremely foolish and is out of bounds due to the bombing range.

The boundary with Lutton is along Boatmere Creek then extends out to sea along Tycho Wing's Channel, which is the outflow of the River Nene.

It follows the B1359 (former A17) to the west, then crosses the A17 then follows a drain and Garnsgate Road where it borders Long Sutton and partly follows National Cycle Route 1.

Gedney Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.

Also in the south aisle is a damaged 13th-century effigy of a cross-legged knight, conjectured to represent Falco D'Oyry,[4] and Jacobean alabaster monuments of Adlard Welby, his wife Cassandra and their five children, erected in 1605.

[citation needed] Parish public houses are the Chequers on Gedney Dyke Main Street, the Grade II listed Old Black Lion in Chapelgate,[7] and the Rising Sun.

Gedney Marsh Wind Farm