Freiston is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston in the county of Lincolnshire, England. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of April 1, 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms part of the Coastal electoral ward. In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the smallest unit of local government. ... For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). ... Boston is a local government district with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. ... Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Jump to: navigation, search April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Local Government Act 1972 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales, on April 1, 1974. ...

History

Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself. Holland is a region in south-east Lincolnshire, England. ... In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...

Before this, Freiston had been in Skirbeck Wapentake,¹ Parts of Holland. A wapentake is a term derived from the Old Norse, the rough equivalent of an Anglo-Saxon hundred. ...

Freiston Shore

On its eastern side, Freiston parish adjoins The Wash. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Freiston's sandy shore on The Wash was developed as a sea bathing resort. By the mid-nineteenth century, there were horse races on the beach and other attractions. However, the process of coastal accretion proceeded and salt marsh developed, leaving the few hotels without customers. Since the mid twentieth century, more marsh has been enclosed behind sea banks for use as arable land. Jump to: navigation, search The Wash, as seen looking west from Heacham, Norfolk The Wash is also the name of a 2001 film. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Deposition, also known as sebimentatation, is the geological process whereby material is added to a landform. ... Atlantic coastal salt marsh in Connecticut, USA. A salt marsh is a type of marsh found in the intertidal transition between land and ocean. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Jump to: navigation, search A levee, levée (from the feminine past participle of the French verb lever, to raise), floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial embankment or dike, usually earthen, which parallels the course of a river. ...

Sea defence policy

In 2000 the process was reversed a little when part of the sea bank was breached and the land behind opened to the tides. This was part of a relatively new policy of managed realignment, which saw the making of three deliberate breaches of the old sea bank. This took the pressure off the remaining sea defences, with the aim of prolonging their life, while the 66 hectares of tidal saltmarsh which is re-establishing itself helps soak up wave energy, acting as a further sea defence. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... The tide is the regular rising and falling of the oceans surface caused by changes in gravitational forces external to the Earth. ... It has been suggested that Groynes be merged into this article or section. ... Atlantic coastal salt marsh in Connecticut, USA. A salt marsh is a type of marsh found in the intertidal transition between land and ocean. ...

Nature conservation

This new marsh, together with another, designed to be managed as a brackish marsh with lagoons, now forms an RSPB reserve. Freiston Shore is a good place for seeing avocets, redshanks, ringed plovers, wheatears and marsh harriers in spring and summer. In the autumn and winter, migrating waders such as redshanks, turnstones, dunlins, and waterfowl such as brent geese, and wigeon can be seen. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is Europes largest wildlife conservation charity. ... A nature reserve is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ... Species Recurvirostra avosetta Recurvirostra americana Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Recurvirostra andina The four species of Avocets are waders in the same bird family as the stilts. ... Binomial name Tringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Redshank or Redshank (Tringa totanus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. ... Binomial name Charadrius hiaticula (Linnaeus, 1758) The Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula, is a small plover. ... Binomial name See text Species See text The wheatears, genus Oenanthe, were formerly considered to be members of the thrush family Turdidae. ... Species Circus aeruginosus L. 1758 Circus spilonotus Kaup, 1847 Circus approximans Peale, 1848 The Marsh Harriers are birds of prey of the harrier subfamily. ... Migration occurs when living things move from one biome to another. ... Families Charadridae Jacanidae Rostratulidae Ibidorhynchidae Recurvirostridae Haematopodidae Scolopacidae Dromadidae Burhinidae Glareolidae Thinocoridae Waders, called Shorebirds in North America (where wader is used to refer to long-legged wading birds such as storks and herons), are members of the order Charadriiformes, excluding the more marine web-footed seabird groups. ... Genera Arenaria Turnstones are two birds species, the Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), and the Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala). ... Binomial name Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader. ... Falcated Duck at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands centre, Gloucestershire, England Wildfowl or waterfowl, also waterbirds, is the collective term for the approximately 147 species of swans, geese and ducks, classified in the order Anseriformes, family Anatidae. ... Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) The Brent Mendham (Branta bernicla) is a goose of the genus Branta, known in North America as Brant. ... Binomial name Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758 The Wigeon or Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in the northernmost areas of Europe and Asia. ...

Footnote

• Note 1:White's Directory of 1882 gives the wapentake as Loveden but this is to confuse Freiston with Frieston in Kesteven.

Parts of Kesteven is a traditional subdivision of Lincolnshire, England. ...

External links

See:

• details of the parish Council
• RSPB Freiston Shore reserve information
• map