Wrangle
Wrangle is a village in
Lincolnshire,
England, around 9 miles north-east of
Boston.
Wrangle village lies on western side of
The Wash, on the broad bank of marine
silt left by the great
tidal creeks which formed, predominantly during the
Bronze Age, about 2,500 years ago. To seaward, the
marsh has accreted over the centuries, a process hastened by artificial enclosure for
pasture. As this progressed, the
tide no longer flowed off the marsh twice a day to keep Wrangle Haven open. With its silting, the main feature of medieval Wrangle was lost. It had hitherto, been the third biggest harbour on this coast, after
Swineshead (
Bicker Haven) and Boston (
The Haven).
Wrangle is one of eighteen
parishes which, together with
Boston, form the
Borough of Boston in the
county of
Lincolnshire,
England. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of
April 1 1974, which resulted from the
Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms part of the Old Leake and Wrangle electoral ward.
Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the
Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as
parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the
Local Government Act of
1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.
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