New release : GOOLE, A PICTORIAL HISTORY, VOL. 4 by Susan Butler.
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Where is the Isle of Axholme?

The Isle of Axholme is a part of Lincolnshire which lies west of The River Trent. It is bounded by the Trent on the east, the River Idle to the south and the course of the old River Don to the west. It was for centuries a fiercely independent and remote area of the country. In the seventeenth century Dutchman Cornelius Vermuyden diverted one branch of the Don and the Isle was drained. However there was for many years bad feeling between the Dutchmen and the inhabitants of the Isle who lost many of their rights. The Isle still retains its sense of individuality and community. Below are pictures representing the various towns and villages.

Above is a view of the lodge gates of Temple Belwood house around 1914. The site of the house was originally owned by the Knights Templar. It was then owned for several centuries by members of the Vavasour family and then by the Johnsons. The house in the early twentieth century was used as a boarding establishmnt and as a school. The gatehouses shown above were demolished in the 1960s and the whole site is now under the M180 motorway.

The Isle of Axholme also includes the small towns of Epworth, Crowle and Haxey. Other settlements on the isle include Althorpe, Belton, Eastoft Garthorpe, Gunthorpe, Keadby, Low Burnham Luddington, West Butterwick, Westwoodside and Wroot.

There is some overlap with the area known as the Marshland which adjoins the Isle of Axholme and lies south of the River Ouse. For pictures of Eastoft, Garthorpe and Adlingfleet take a look at the Marshland photo page.

Above is the lock at Keadby with the Friendship Inn in the background. in 1900 the landlord was Robert Oldfield who offered accommodation to anglers. He was also a butcher. The lockkeeper then was William Jacklin. In this picture a later landlord Charles Richardson is shown on the nameboard.