Harts Ground

{{Short description|Hamlet in Holland Fen with Brothertoft parish, and the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Harts Grounds

|static_image_name= Harts Grounds - geograph.org.uk - 997908.jpg

|static_image_caption= Harts Ground

|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|53.062469|-0.198751|display=inline,title}}

|civil_parish= Holland Fen with Brothertoft

|shire_district= Boston

|shire_county = Lincolnshire

|region= East Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Boston and Skegness

|post_town= Boston

|postcode_district = LN4

|postcode_area= LN

|dial_code=

|os_grid_reference= TF208532

|london_distance_mi= 100

|london_direction= S

}}

Harts Ground or Harts Grounds is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Holland Fen with Brothertoft, in the Boston district, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated {{Convert|9|mi|km|0}} north-west from the town of Boston.{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance survey of Great Britain |title=Boston: Tattershall, Billinghay & Heckington |date=13 November 2006 |scale=1:25 000 |series=OS Explorer |section=261 |edition=A1 |isbn=9780319238172}}

Harts Ground was formerly an extra-parochial area,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12530|title=History of Harts Ground, in Boston and Lincolnshire|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 May 2024}} prone to flooding prior to the drainage of Holland Fen in 1767.{{cite book|title=The History and Antiquities of Boston|publisher=Longman|url=https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq04thomgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq04thomgoog/page/n391 355]|accessdate=6 May 2011|author=Pishey Thompson|author-link=Pishey Thompson|year=1856}} In 1858 it became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 when it was reduced to enlarge Dogdyke,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10423417|title=Relationships and changes Harts Ground CP/ExP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 May 2024}} on 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished to form Holland Fen with Brothertoft.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/boston.html|title=Boston Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=31 May 2024}} In 1971 the parish had a population of 4.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10423417/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Harts Ground CP/ExP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 May 2024}} It was, and remains today, an area of isolated farms.{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Hart-s-Grounds-settlement--Holland-Fen-with-Brothertoft/242689.record?pt=S|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives/English Heritage|accessdate=6 May 2011}}

Harts Grounds Farmhouse dated to the late 18th century and was built in rendered brick with a pantile roof. It was a Grade II listed building but was de-listed in May 2018 as it was no longer in existence{{Cite web|title=Heritage Gateway – Results|url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1457116&resourceID=8|access-date=2022-02-13|website=heritagegateway.org.uk}}{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Harts-Grounds-Farmhouse--Holland-Fen-with-Brothertoft/242701.record?pt=S|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives/English Heritage|accessdate=6 May 2011}}{{cite web|title=Harts Grounds Farmhouse (Tf 202 516), Holland Fen with Brothertoft|url=http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-192085-harts-grounds-farmhouse-tf-202-516-holla|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=6 May 2011}}