Fockerby

Fockerby
Former Station Master's House
Fockerby is located in Lincolnshire
Fockerby
Fockerby
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceSE845189
• London150 mi (240 km) S
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSCUNTHORPE
Postcode districtDN17
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°39′37″N 0°43′19″W / 53.6604°N 0.721969°W / 53.6604; -0.721969

Fockerby is a village in the civil parish of Garthorpe and Fockerby,[1] in the North Lincolnshire district, in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) south-east from Goole and 1 mile (1.6 km) west from the River Trent.

Fockerby is part of the Isle of Axholme and close to the border with the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is contiguous with the village of Garthorpe to the north-east, with which it forms one community joined by a section of road which crosses the previous course of the River Don.

This short stretch of tarmac links Westend, Garthorpe to Station Road, Fockerby. The two villages were once separated by a course of the River Don which this road crosses. They were also in different counties, Garthorpe being in the Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire and Fockerby in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The two villages were joined with the creation of Humberside and were in Boothferry District. Since 1996 they are in North Lincolnshire.
Road joining Fockerby and Garthorpe over the previous course of the River Don
  1. ^ "Garthorpe and Fockerby". Map of parish councils North Lincolnshire. North Lincolnshire council. Retrieved 24 January 2016.