Grimsthorpe
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OS grid reference | TF048229 |
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– London | 90 mi (140 km) S |
Civil parish | Edenham Grimsthorpe Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe[1] |
District | South Kesteven |
Shire county | Lincolnshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BOURNE |
Postcode district | PE10 |
Dialling code | 01778 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
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Coordinates: 52°47′39″N 0°26′46″W / 52.79404°N 0.44606°W
Grimsthorpe is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A151 road, and 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Bourne. Grimsthorpe falls within the civil parish of Edenham Grimsthorpe Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe.
Grimsthorpe Castle is 500 yards (460 m) to the west.[2]
Wilson's 1872 gazetteer described Grimsthorpe as:
a hamlet in Edenham parish, Lincoln; on the river Glen, 1½ mile W of Edenham village. Pop., 135. Grimsthorpe Park was the seat once of the Duke of Ancaster, afterwards of Lord Gwyder; is now the seat of Lord Willinghby d'Eresby; was built partly in the time of Henry III., but principally by the Duke of Suffolk, to entertain Henry VIII.; is a large, irregular, but magnificent structure; and stands in an ornate park, abint 16 miles in circuit. A Cistertian abbey, founded about 1451, by the Earl of Albemarle, and called Vallis Dei, or, vulgarly, Vaudy, formerly stood in the park, about a mile from the castle.[3]
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Grimsthorpe signpost
Vaudey Abbey was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1147, dissolved in 1536. The Abbey and its commercial quarries became part of Grimsthorpe Park.[4] The park itself is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[5]
The majority of employment in the village is in agriculture, at Grimsthorpe Castle, or at the Black Horse public house.
References
- ↑ "Edenham, Grimsthorpe, Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe Parish Council - Key Contacts", South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 15 August 2011]
- ↑ Historic England. "Grimsthorpe Castle (348511 )". PastScape. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius, ed. (1872). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
- ↑ Historic England. "Vaudey Abbey (348506 )". PastScape. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ↑ Historic England. "Grimsthorpe Park (1129134 )". PastScape. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
External links
Media related to Grimsthorpe at Wikimedia Commons
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