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St Faiths church, Wilsthorpe |
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Wilsthorpe
Wilsthorpe shown within Lincolnshire |
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OS grid reference | TF091138 |
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Parish | Braceborough and Wilsthorpe |
District | South Kesteven |
Shire county | Lincolnshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Stamford |
Postcode district | PE9 4 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | Gainsborough |
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire |
Wilsthorpe is a village in the district of South Kesteven in the county of Lincolnshire, England, about 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of the town of Stamford and about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the town of Bourne.
Originally a Chapelry in Greatford parish,[1] Wilsthorpe was created a civil parish in 1866 and lasted until 1931 when it was abolished to create the civil parish of Braceborough and Wilsthorpe.[2]
Wilsthorpe is mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 when it was listed as having 20 households, 40 acres of meadow, 12 acres of woodland, and two mills.[3]
A possible Roman villa has been located as cropmarks to the south-east of the village,[4] and King Street is a Roman road.[5]
The church is a grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Faith. Built in 1715, it was restored and altered by James Fowler of Louth in 1869. In the sanctuary is a late 13th century effigy of a knight in chain mail;[6] it has been suggested that it could belong to the Wake family. Hereward the Wake was an Anglo-Saxon who led resistance to the Norman Conquest, and was born in or near Bourne.[7]
To the west of the village is the former railway station of Braceborough Spa Halt which was on the Essendine and Bourne Railway line. It opened in 1860 and closed in 1951. The old station house is now a private house.[8]
Nearby is the pumping station house from the old Peterborough Waterworks with its 52 ft deep artesian well drilled during the late 19th century when it provided a million gallons of water each day to supply the cathedral city 14 miles (23 km) away.