Friesthorpe

Friesthorpe

Church of St Peter, Friesthorpe
Friesthorpe
Friesthorpe shown within Lincolnshire
Population 204 (2011)
OS grid reference TF0783
• London 110 mi (180 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Lincoln
Postcode district LN3
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Friesthorpe is a settlement and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Snarford and Snelland) at the 2011 census was 204.[1] It is situated 4 miles (6 km) south-west from the town of Market Rasen, 9 miles (14 km) north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln, and just east from the A46 road.

Friesthorpe Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Peter.[2] The church is of 13th-century origin, and was rebuilt in 1841 except for the tower.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Church of St Peter", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 1 August 2011
  3. ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 129; Methuen & Co. Ltd


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