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Gosberton is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-west from Boston, north from Spalding and north-west from Holbeach. The parish includes the hamlets of Gosberton Clough and Gosberton Risegate. The population of Gosberton is approximately 2500, increasing to 2,958 at the census 2011|〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Civil parish population 2011 )〕 The village was skirted by the A16 road but has been bypassed and sits on the crossroads of the B1397 (Dowsby to Boston road) and the (A152 ) (Donington to Surfleet road). The Peterborough to Lincoln railway line (crosses ) the B1397, at a level crossing in Risegate, and passes through the hamlet of Westhorpe further north. On this line, when known as the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway, was a (railway station ). The parish (church ) of Gosberton is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, and is under the Diocese of Lincoln. Gosberton Clough's (wooden church ) is dedicated to St Gilbert and St Hugh. These two churches and that at Quadring are in the same Group, based in Gosberton. The Baptist Church in Gosberton was founded in 1666, a time when non-conformist Christians had no protection from the law and, like John Bunyan, could be imprisoned for their faith. Worship takes place in the original 17th-century (meeting house ). The main village occupation is (farming ), although many commute to surrounding areas and the towns of Spalding and Boston. Gosberton House School is for children with learning difficulties. Public houses within the parish are the Black Horse Inn and Five Bells Inn in Risegate, and the Duke of York, Bell Inn, Crown Inn and Five Bells in Gosberton. Just to the east of the village is a nature reserve administered by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. ==Gallery== Image:High Street, Gosberton (South).jpg Image:Salem Street, Gosberton.jpg Image:High Street, Gosberton (North).jpg Image:Gosberton Fen.JPG Image:Gosberton Risegate.JPG Image:Gosberton Level Crossing.jpg Image: North Gate Level Crossing (Gosberton).jpg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gosberton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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