It is located close to the B1183 and the West Fen Drain in Fishtoft parish (TF 327 471)

Barry Barton, 1978

World War 2 Defence Stucture, on north bank of The Haven, just west of The Jolly Sailor Inn.

DB 6 March 2020

Former Jolly Sailor Inn now a private house.

Listed in White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 "Goodacre Edw, vict. Jolly Sailors"

and in Kelly's Directory 1919 "Parker Hy. Jolly Sailor P.H."

Coastguard Station background left. 

DB 6 March 2020

Type 22 Pillbox on north bank of The Haven near the Jolly Sailor Light Beacon.

"British hardened field defences of World War II were small fortified structures constructed as a part of British anti-invasion preparations. They were popularly known as pillboxes, a reference to their shape"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_hardened_field_defences_of_World_War_II 

Light beacon used as a navigational aid by shipping. 

DB 6 March 2020

"In 1956, work started on a new outfall for the Hobhole drain, to the south-east of the old sluices.

A pumping station containing three Allen diesel engines was built, each driving a 88-inch (220 cm) pump.

The station could discharge 800 tons per minute (1175 Mld) when all three pumps were running.

Once the station was complete, the old sluice was blocked off ...

The Hobhole pumping station was modified in 1988, when the old sluice channel was reopened and the sluices were fitted with four 33-inch (84 cm) submersible electric pumps, manufactured by Flygt"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witham_Navigable_Drains  

DB 6 March 2020

Type 22 Pillbox at Hobhole Sluice

"British hardened field defences of World War II were small fortified structures constructed as a part of British anti-invasion preparations. They were popularly known as pillboxes, a reference to their shape"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_hardened_field_defences_of_World_War_II 

DB 6 March 2020

"The Pilgrim Fathers Memorial is located on the north bank of The Haven at the site of the former Scotia Creek, Fishtoft, seaward of Boston in Lincolnshire, England, and consists of a small granite obelisk mounted on a granite block.

It commemorates the attempt at finding religious freedom in September, 1607 by the Scrooby Congregation, a group of English Separatist Protestants who left for Holland.

They were precursors of the Pilgrims who later crossed the Atlantic to New England"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Fathers_Memorial 

DB 6 March 2020

"Near this place in September 1607 those later known as the Pilgrim Fathers were thwarted in their first attempt to sail to find religious freedom across the seas.

Memorial re-worded by the generous gift of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches and The First Congregational Church of Wauwatosa, WI USA - 2009"

DB 6 March 2020

Proof of Marshland wealth in the fifteenth-century, the church of St Guthlac in Fishtoft is externally Perpendicular.

The chancel is remodelled Norman, the south arcade is Decorated, and the north is Perpendicular. There are old screens.

Mark Acton, 2011

The view of the church from the south-east.

The Norman chancel, remodelled in the late thirteenth century, is exceptinally wide and long for a parish church.

September 2021 

The impressive east window has fine tracery dating from the thirteenth-century remodelling of the chancel. 

September 2021 

The first Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the village was built in 1842.

The second one, shown in this photograph, was erected in Gaysfield Road in 1867 and remained in active use until the present century.

It is located at NGR TF 364 419

Barry Barton, 1979

An interesting comparison with the earlier view of the chapel. 

Now redundant as a place of worship, it has been sensitively converted into a dwelling and extended to the rear in sympathetic style. Even the railings at the front of the building have been retained.

September 2021 

The datestone above the porch.

September 2021 

This small church stood between Hillside and Long Hedges a short distance from the A16 about 2 miles north-west of Boston (TF 345472)

Barry Barton, 1979 

Also known as Boston East Methodist Chapel, this building was erected in 1867.

The last service took place in January 1965 and the building was sold later that year. It still stands in the grounds of the bungalow ‘Springfields’

It is located at NGR TF 347 468 in Fishtoft parish.

Barry Barton, 1979

The original date plaque on the gable end facing the road has been retained.

September 2021