Editing Isle of Axholme (section)

==Historical descriptions==
===1833 description===
{{Blockquote|''Axholme, Isle of'' Area of slight elevation above flat and formerly marshy tract bounded by the Rivers Trent, Torne and Idle. Towns include Crowle, [[Belton, North Lincolnshire|Belton]],  [[Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth]] and Haxey on higher ground and Owston Ferry and [[West Butterwick]] beside the River Trent|''Bartholomew's Gazetteer of Britain'' compiled by Oliver Mason (John Bartholomew, 1833)}}

===1911 description===
{{Blockquote|'''AXHOLME,''' an island in the north-west part of Lincolnshire, England, lying between the rivers Trent, Idle and Don, and isolated by drainage channels connected with these rivers. It consists mainly of a plateau of slight elevation, rarely exceeding 100 ft., and comprises the parishes of Althorpe, Belton, Epworth, Haxey, Luddington, Owston and Crowle; the total area being about 47,000 acres.|{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Axholme|volume=3|page=68|noicon=y|short=y}}}}