Thorpe St Peter

Village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England

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53°07′22″N 0°12′58″E / 53.122815°N 0.216230°E / 53.122815; 0.216230

Thorpe St Peter is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west from the town of Wainfleet.

Thorpe is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 33 households, two mills and a church.[2]

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Peter is a Grade I listed building dating from 1200 with later additions and alterations, and restored in the 19th century. It is built of greenstone and limestone. The west tower dates from the mid-14th century, and there is an early 13th-century font.[3]

Thorpe Culvert railway station was opened here in 1873.[4]

Sport

Thorpe St Peter is home to the Wainfleet & District Sporting Motorcycle Club. It hosts Motorcycle Grasstrack Racings International Lincolnshire Poacher and in 2011 held the European Grasstrack Championship Final.

References

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. ^ Thorpe St Peter in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter, Thorpe St Peter (1223796)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Thorpe Culvert railway station (507093)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 14 August 2011.

External links

  • Media related to Thorpe St Peter at Wikimedia Commons
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