__NOTOC__ Anton's Gowt is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west from the market town and port of Boston. It is the most southerly village within the East Lindsey district.
History Anton's Gowt is in an area once known as Wildmore Fen.
It's believed that the lock, and from it the hamlet, were named after Sir Anthony Thomas, one of a group of people who helped drain the Witham Fens from 1631 onwards. The word 'Gowt' is on old term for "A water-pipe under the ground. A sewer. A flood-gate, through which the marsh-water runs from the reens into the sea."John Hobson Matthews (1905): Cardiff Records: volume 5, pp. 557-598
A Primitive Methodist chapel was built by the Doughty family in 1852, but is no longer in evidence. Its centenary was held in June 1952, in the carpenter's shop of the Burn family, and the service was conducted by a Mr H. Doughty of Lincoln who was 95 years old. The chapel closed in 1964, when it still had 18 Sunday school scholars.The Lincolnshire Village Book, Lincolnshire Federation of Women's Institutes; Countryside Books (2005)
A loop line of the Great Northern Railway (from Peterborough to Bawtry) once ran along the north bank of the River Witham, passing by Anton's Gowt Lock. Today the route of the line is a cycle path to Boston.
Community Anton's Gowt is at the junction of the River Witham and the Frith Bank Drain (part of the Witham Navigable Drains"Witham Navigable Drains", The Inland Waterways Association. (web archive). Retrieved 22 November 2013) – Anton's Gowt Lock provides access between these two waterways.
The hamlet falls under Langriville civil parish, part of Frithville Ward of East Lindsey District Council.
A cycle path along the River Witham to Boston passes Anton's Gowt Lock."Sports and leisure facilities", Boston Borough Council (web archive). Retrieved 22 November 2013 The hamlet contains a public house, a pet food supplier, dog kennels, and an auto salvage firm.
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External links
"Anton’s Gowt Lock taken from footbridge at by Lockkeepers cottage", Langriville Parish Council. Retrieved 22 November 2013 East Lindsey District Council