High Toynton

High Toynton is a village and civil parish[1][2] in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east from the town of Horncastle, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

High Toynton

Church of St John the Baptist, High Toynton, before its tower collapsed in January 2020
High Toynton
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF284699
• London115 mi (185 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHORNCASTLE
Postcode districtLN9
Dialling code01507
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

High Toynton is one of the Thankful Villages that did not suffer fatalities during the First World War.[3]

Around the village has been found evidence of Medieval, Roman or earlier Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation.[4][5][6][7]

In 1885 Kelly's noted the existence of a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1840. The Lord of the Manor was James Banks Stanhope DL JP of Revesby Abbey. High Toynton covered an area of 1,054 acres (4.27 km2) with chief agricultural production of wheat, barley, oats, seeds and turnips, and an 1881 population of 133.[8]

The parish church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, was rebuilt in 1872 of greenstone by Ewan Christian, who reused 12th-century fragments from the previous church erected in 1779. It is a Grade II listed building. The church tower collapsed in January 2020.[2][9][10]

There are two Grade II listed thatched dwellings in High Toynton: an 18th-century mud and stud cottage,[11] and a similar red-brick-encased house.[12]

References
  1. "High Toynton", Genuki.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011
  2. "High Toynton Lincolnshire", A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 October 2011
  3. "High Toynton Thankful Village". Thankful Villages. Norman Thorpe, Rod Morris and Tom Morgan. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  4. Historic England. "High Toynton (1051062)". PastScape. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  5. Historic England. "Monument No. 893126". PastScape. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  6. Historic England. "Monument No. 1377095". PastScape. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  7. Historic England. "Monument No. 352757". PastScape. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  8. Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 690
  9. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2970388362971943&set=pcb.1423287867830506&type=3&theater
  10. Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist, High Toynton (1062998)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  11. Historic England. "Thatched Cottage (1168167)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  12. Historic England. "Thatched House (1360003)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
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