Scheduled MonumentsEnglandDogdyke Pumping Station

Dogdyke Pumping Station

England
List entry 1004942
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004942
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
TF2057455826, TF 20589 55820
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Dogdyke Pumping Station is a Victorian pumping station located in the Lincolnshire Fens near the village of Dogdyke. The station was constructed in the mid-nineteenth century as part of the extensive programme of fen drainage and land reclamation that transformed the Lincolnshire wetlands into productive agricultural land. The pumping station exemplifies the engineering solutions developed during this period to manage water levels and prevent flooding in the reclaimed fenland, employing steam power to lift water from the low-lying fields into drainage channels. The structure survives as evidence of the industrial heritage associated with fenland management and represents a significant phase in the modification of the English landscape during the Victorian era.

Dogdyke Pumping Station is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004942. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Dogdyke Pumping Station?

Dogdyke Pumping Station is a Victorian pumping station located in the Lincolnshire Fens near the village of Dogdyke. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004942.

Who is responsible for protecting Dogdyke Pumping Station?

Dogdyke Pumping Station is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004942.

What other scheduled monuments are near Dogdyke Pumping Station?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tattershall Castle and College (1.8 km), Tattershall College Grammar School (2.1 km), Butter Cross, Tattershall (2.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Dogdyke Pumping Station

Dogdyke Pumping Station stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.