Westville, Lincolnshire

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Westville is a hamlet in the civil parish of Frithville and Westville, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 7 mi north from Boston. Westville lies in the fen country close to the village of Frithville. Westville consists of Westville Farm and a couple of houses including the original Farmhouse, (Home Farm). Home Farm's barn was sold off and has now been converted into a barn conversion. Westville was created a township after the draining of the West Fen in 1812, in 1866 Westville became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 2005 the parish was abolished and merged with Frithville to form "Frithville and Westville". In 1971 the parish had a population of 55. John Rennie directed the building of an early-19th-century bridge over the Twenty Foot Drain at Westville; it is Grade II listed.

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