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St Vincent's church |
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Caythorpe
Caythorpe shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 1,472 |
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| OS grid reference | SK94051 |
| Parish | Caythorpe and Frieston |
| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG32 |
| Dialling code | 01400 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Caythorpe is a large village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A607, 5 miles south from Leadenham and 8 miles north from Grantham. Caythorpe Heath stretches east of the village to Ermine Street and Byards Leap.
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Caythorpe Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Vincent.[1] The church has a wide double nave divided by Geometric (early Decorated) piers. The central tower supports a crocketed spire rising to 156 feet.[2] Within the church are monuments to the Hussey family, dated 1698 and 1725,[2] and over the tower arch are remains of paintings of the Last Judgment,[3] The churchyard cross, restored in 1906, is a scheduled ancient monument.[4]
Grade II* listed Caythorpe Hall[5] lies on the northern edge of the village; it was built between 1824 and 1827 for Colonel Packe, in the classical style. The park wall is all that remains of the earlier house, the seat of the Hussey family.[6]
The Red Lion[7] and the Waggon and Horses[8] are the two village public houses.
There was once a Caythorpe railway station on the line between Grantham and Lincoln.
Mensa International has had its registered office in the village since 2008.
Caythorpe Court, to the east of the village, was for many years after 1946, Kesteven Agricultural College – the only college of its type in south-west Lincolnshire. In 1980 it became part of Lincolnshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture, and in 1994 was taken over by De Montfort University. When Riseholme Agricultural College, also part of De Montfort, was adopted by the new University of Lincoln in 2001, Caythorpe was subsumed into Lincoln as the Lincolnshire School of Agriculture. The school closed in September 2002, after which building became a PGL activity centre.