Torksey, Lincolnshire
Though
Torksey was treated as a town in the
Domesday Book, it is now a village in
Lincolnshire and on the eastern bank of the
River Trent at
grid reference .
The
railway bridge over the Trent remains but it is no longer in use. The same is true of the 16th century
hall known as Torksey Castle. It has not been in use since its destruction in August 1645, during the
English Civil War. Indeed, it is on the river side of the
bank which separates it from the dry land.
The
Roman canal, much modified by later refurbishments, the
Foss Dyke, joins the
tidal River Trent here via a series of
lock-gates.
The
parish had a population of 2342 in the
2001 Census.
