| Thetford | |
Thetford House |
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Thetford
Thetford shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | TF111148 |
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| Parish | Baston |
| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | PE6 9 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Thetford is a hamlet and farm in the civil parish of Baston in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] Now shrunken to a single farmhouse and associated outbuildings, this was once a manor of Spalding Priory with its own Chapel. There are records of ministers being installed in 1529 and 1539[1]
The present house and barn are grade II listed buildings.[2]
Thetford lies north of of the village of Baston and to the south of the River Glen.It is on the line of the Car Dyke a ditch or catchwater drain dating to the time of the Roman occupation that is regarded as the western boundary of The Fens. The A15 road, that crosses the Glen at Kate's Bridge runs less than a mile west of Thetford.[3]