[1] In 1846 the Great Northern rail company purchased the land to build a 58 miles (93 km) rail link from Peterborough to Lincoln via Spalding and Boston with the Boston to Lincoln section being built along the banks of the River Witham.

[2] The Kirkstead Station, later to be renamed the Woodhall Junction, was one of seven between Lincoln and Boston.

To the north were Stixwould, Southrey and Bardney and to the south were Tattershall, Dogdyke and Langrick.

They formed the Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway Company,[3] and the line was opened on 11 August 1855[4] and transported the gentry into the heart of Woodhall where they could easily get to the hotels and public attractions.

[2] After the track was removed the land was sold off to various land owners, mostly local farmers, but some has been used to recently create a paved walk and cycle path, called The Water Rail Way, from Kirkstead to Lincoln.