__NOTOC__ Tongue End is a small village in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated east from Bourne and south-west from Spalding, and alongside the Counter Drain that runs between Baston and Pode Hole.
Tongue End comprises Victorian red-brick farmworkers' cottages and early 20th-century former council houses. It once had a village school (built in 1876), and three public houses."Lost Pubs In Tongue End, Lincolnshire", Closedpubs.co.uk
The name is said to refer to the shape of the land between the rivers Glen and Bourne Eau. There is a location on the Stamford Canal which is similarly formed and has the same name."We think the confusion over just where the Stamford Canal starts and finishes can be overcome by our choosing our nomemclature more carefully", East Anglian Waterways Association
Tongue End falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board."The Welland & Deeping IDB" Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel drained into the Counter Drain nearby.
See also Bourne Eau Counter Drain railway station
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