Londonthorpe
| Londonthorpe | |
 High Road, Londonthorpe |
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  Londonthorpe Londonthorpe shown within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK953379 |
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| - London | 110 mi (180 km) S |
| Civil parish | Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without |
| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Grantham |
| Postcode district | NG31 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
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Londonthorpe is a satellite village of Grantham, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) to the north-east from Grantham, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west from the B6403 (Ermine Street Roman road), and borders on Belton Park in the west.
The Londonthorpe name may derive from the Old Scandinavian lundr+thorp; in the Domesday account the village was written as "Lundertorp".[1][2][3]
The parish is centred around Grade II listed Harrowby Hall,[4][5] Londonthorpe previously being an estate village of Harrowby Estate. The village listed buildings include The Grange farm house,[6] the Manor House,[7] and various other houses and cottages.[8] Listed buildings within the larger Londonthorpe and Harrowby parish include the Officer's Mess of the WWII RAF Spitalgate, and buildings and structures within Belton Park.[8]
The parish church is dedicated to St John Baptist, the tower of which dates back to the early 13th century, and parts of the rood screen from the 15th century. The church was rebuilt with a new roof in 1850, with considerable further restoration taking place in 1879.[9][10][11] The churchyard contains the war graves of 32 Commonwealth service personnel of the First World War, when an army training camp existed at Belton Park.[12]
Earthworks of unknown origin lie to the west of the church[13]
Londonthorpe Wood, created in 1993 by the Woodland Trust, is within the parish 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west.[14] The parish also includes Prince William of Gloucester Barracks (previously RAF Spitalgate) and parts of eastern Grantham, particularly Alma Park Industrial Estate.[15]
During the 1930s the parish was a centre for the Land Settlement Association scheme, a social experiment where unemployed Durham miners were offered specially built cottages with smallholdings of land and livestock, to encourage self-sufficiency.[4][16]
Civil parish
The village is part of the civil parish of Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without. Until 1931 Londonthorpe had been a civil parish in its own right. [4][17]
References
- ↑ Marrat, W. (2010) The History of Lincolnshire, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive pp. 269-272 BiblioBazaar ISBN 1-143-37575-0
- ↑ Londonthorpe, Genuki; retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ Horncastle News; retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "History of the Parish", lincolnshire.gov.uk; retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ Harrowby Hall, pastscape.org.uk; retrieved 20 June 2011
- ↑ The Grange, Londonthorpe, British Listed Buildings; retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ Manor House, Londonthorpe, British Listed Buildings; retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 British Listed Buildings: Londonthorpe; retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 218; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ St John Baptist church Londonthorpe, stjohnlondonthorpe.org.uk; retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ Church of St John the Baptist, pastscape.org.uk; retrieved 20 June 2011
- ↑ CWGC Cemetery Report, details from casualty record.
- ↑ Lincs Past, Lincolnshire Archives; retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ Londonthorpe Wood, The Woodland Trust; retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ Alma Park Industrial Estate, streetmap.co.uk; retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ "Land Settlement Association", University of Reading. Retrieved 18 August 2011
- ↑ Youngs, Frederic A (1991). Guide to Local Administrative Units: Northern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 271. ISBN 978-0861931279.
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