Tongue End

Tongue End is a small village in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 4 miles (6 km) east from Bourne and 6 miles (10 km) south-west from Spalding, and alongside the Counter Drain that runs between Baston and Pode Hole.

Tongue End
Tongue End Location within Lincolnshire
Population	41
OS grid reference	TF161187
• London	90 mi (140 km) S
Civil parish	Deeping St. Nicholas
District	South Holland
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SPALDING
Postcode district	PE11
Dialling code	01775
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Holland and The Deepings
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52.75371°N 0.2801°W / 52.75371; -0.2801

Tongue End comprises Victorian red-brick farmworkers' cottages and early 20th-century former council houses.^[1] It once had a village school (built in 1876), and three public houses.^[1][2]

The name is said to refer to the shape of the land between the rivers Glen and Bourne Eau.^[1] There is a location on the Stamford Canal which is similarly formed and has the same name.^[3]

Tongue End falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.^[4] Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel drained into the Counter Drain nearby.

• 
  The pumping station (built 1966) at the confluence of the River Glen and the Bourne Eau.
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  Track near Tongue End.
• 
  Bridge over the Counter Drain

See also

• Bourne Eau
• Counter Drain railway station