Isle of Axholme

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The Isle of Axholme is a historically marshy, low-lying agricultural region in north-west Lincolnshire, England, known for its distinctive drained landscape and rural settlements.

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Label Occurrences
Isle of Axholme canonical 8
Isle of Axholme Rural District 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region
historical region
region
administrativeHistory gave its name to the Isle of Axholme Rural District
gave its name to the Isle of Axholme parliamentary constituency
borderedBy River Trent floodplain
marshes and fens
characteristic drained landscape
low-lying
marshy
climate temperate maritime climate
contains Althorpe
Amcotts
Belton
Crowle
Ealand
Eastoft
Epworth
Garthorpe
Haxey
Keadby
Luddington
Owston Ferry
Sandtoft
Westwoodside
Wroot
continent Europe
country England
crossedBy River Trent
drainedBy Cornelius Vermuyden
elevation low elevation
geology alluvial deposits
historicalEvent large-scale drainage in the 17th century
historicalStatus former island in marshland
knownFor agriculture
rural settlements
landUse arable farming
pasture
locatedIn East Midlands
Great Britain
Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
United Kingdom
North Lincolnshire
surface form: north-west Lincolnshire
near River Don
River Idle
partOf Humberhead Levels

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North Lincolnshire includesArea Isle of Axholme
Epworth, Lincolnshire, England locatedIn Isle of Axholme
Epworth locatedOn Isle of Axholme
Epworth category Isle of Axholme
Boothferry follows Isle of Axholme
this entity surface form: Isle of Axholme Rural District
Boothferry contains Isle of Axholme
Crowle locatedIn Isle of Axholme