Theddlethorpe comprises two close villages and civil parishes, Theddlethorpe St Helen, and Theddlethorpe All Saints, in the East Lindsey district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. These two villages have operated as one entity for many years. They are situated approximately four miles north of Mablethorpe and on the coast of the North Sea.
The National Grid plc owned Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal processes natural gas extracted from beneath the North Sea for use in the UK.
A section of the seashore of the village is part of the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve, which comprises sea dunes and both saltwater and freshwater marshes. The reserve is one of only five locations in the UK where the natterjack toad can be found.
Theddlethorpe St Helen has a primary school.[1]
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Located about 9 miles (14 km) east of the town of Louth.[2] Population according to the 2001 census was 212.[3]
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints and is a grade I listed building dating from the 12th century, 1380–1400, late 17th and 1865/6 when it underwent minor repairs. It was built of greenstone and limestone and has a 15th-century font. At the west end is preserved the 15th-century wooden pinnacle from the tower roof. In the south aisle chapel is a brass to Sir Robert Hayton who died in 1424. Nearby is the matrix for a double brass of which only one brass shield remains. In the chancel are two early 18th-century marble wall plaques to members of the Newcomen family. A marble monument to Charles Bertie and his wife Mary died 1727, made by Andrew Carpenter, London.[4] All Saints was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in 1973[5] and it is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[6]
Hall Farmhouse is a grade II listed 16th red brick century house, altered about 1680 with more alterations late 18th and 19th centuries.[7]
Within the parish there is a medieval moat, extant in 1963 but now only visible as cropmarks. A hearth tile bearing the arms of the Angevin family was found when some digging took place in the moated enclosure near Theddlethorpe All Saints church. "The house within the moat was called Keleshall.[8]
| Population of Theddlethorpe All Saints Civil Parish | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 |
| Population[9] | 194 | 187 | 211 | 266 | 326 | 356 | 329 | 261 | 242 | 210 | 222 | 189 | 213 | 157 | 212 |
Village and parish in Louth district 10 miles (16 km) east of Louth.[10] with a population according to the 2001 census of 495.[11]
The parish church is a grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Helen and dating from the 14th/15th century. chancel and aisles rebuilt 1866 by S.S. Teulon. Built from squared greenstone and limestone. West tower 15th century. Font bowl possibly re-cut 14th century, the rest of the interior 19th /20th century. At the east end of the nave are two late 18th century marble wall plaques to the memory of the Cracroft Marshall family.[12]
Theddlethorpe Hall or The Hall, is a grade II listed late 17th century with early 18th and 19th alterations red brick country house.[13] The Stable Block is also grade II listed and dates from the 19th century.[14]
Theddlethorpe railway station was a railway station on the Louth and East Coast Railway, opened in 1877, and closed 1960.[15]
| Population of Theddlethorpe St Helens Civil Parish | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 |
| Population[16] | 220 | 207 | 239 | 275 | 347 | 360 | 414 | 349 | 311 | 281 | 319 | 261 | 312 | 308 | 495 |
| Skidbrooke, Marshchapel, Grimsby | Saltfleetby, Kilnsea | |||
| Grimoldby, Manby, Louth, Market Rasen | ||||
| Theddlethorpe | ||||
| Great Carlton, Tothill, Horncastle | Mablethorpe, Sutton on Sea, Mumby | Sandilands, Chapel St Leonards, Skegness |