Grimsthorpe

Grimsthorpe
Grimsthorpe
 Grimsthorpe shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF048229
   – London 90 mi (140 km)  S
Civil parishEdenham Grimsthorpe Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe[1]
DistrictSouth Kesteven
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BOURNE
Postcode district PE10
Dialling code 01778
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentGrantham and Stamford
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Coordinates: 52°47′39″N 0°26′46″W / 52.79404°N 0.44606°W / 52.79404; -0.44606

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]
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

  1. ↑ "Edenham, Grimsthorpe, Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe Parish Council - Key Contacts", South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 15 August 2011]
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Grimsthorpe Castle (348511)". PastScape. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Wilson, John Marius, ed. (1872). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Vaudey Abbey (348506)". PastScape. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Grimsthorpe Park (1129134)". PastScape. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
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