Theddlethorpe

Theddlethorpe consists of two adjacent civil parishes – Theddlethorpe St Helen and Theddlethorpe All Saints – in the East Lindsey district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. The villages lie about 3 miles (5 km) north of Mablethorpe on the North Sea coast. The National Grid-owned Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal processes natural gas extracted from the North Sea. Some seashore belongs to the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve, consisting of sea dunes and saltwater and freshwater marshes. It is one of five UK locations where the natterjack toad can be found.[1]

Theddlethorpe
Theddlethorpe
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF474890
• London135 mi (217 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMABLETHORPE
Postcode districtLN12
Dialling code01507
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

History

In the Domesday Book, Theddlethorpe is known as Tedlagestorp, believed to mean "outlying farmstead or hamlet of a man called 'Theodlac'.[2]

Education

Theddlethorpe St Helen has a primary school.[3]

Theddlethorpe All Saints

53.370989°N 0.198730°W / 53.370989; -0.198730 This lies about 8 miles (13 km) east of the town of Louth.[4] Population according to the 2001 census was 212,[5] decreasing to 165 at the 2011 Census.[6]

All Saints' Church
Main article: All Saints Church, Theddlethorpe

The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century, with late 14th and late 17th-century alterations, and minor repairs in 1865–1866. It is built of greenstone and limestone and has a 15th-century font. At the west end is preserved a 15th-century wooden pinnacle from the tower roof. In the south aisle chapel is a brass to Sir Robert Hayton who died in 1424. Nearby is the matrix for a double brass, of which only one brass plate remains. In the chancel are two early 18th-century marble wall plaques to members of the Newcomen family. A marble monument to Charles Bertie and his wife Mary died 1727, made by Andrew Carpenter, London.[7] All Saints was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in 1973.[8] It is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[9]

Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed 16th-century red-brick house, altered about 1680 with more alterations in the late 18th and 19th centuries.[10]

Within the parish there is a medieval moat, extant in 1963 but now only visible as cropmarks. A hearth tile bearing the arms of the Angevin family was found when excavation took place in the moated enclosure near Theddlethorpe All Saints church. The house within the moat was called Keleshall.[11]

Population of Theddlethorpe All Saints Civil Parish
Year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 2001 2011
Population[12] 194 187 211 266 326 356 329 261 242 210 222 189 213 157 212 165

Theddlethorpe St Helen

53.3714000°N 0.2231001°W / 53.3714000; -0.2231001 This village and parish in Louth district 9 miles (14 km) east from Louth.[13] had a population according to the 2001 census of 595,[14] reducing to 525 at the 2011 Census.[15]

St Helen's Church

The parish church is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to St Helen, dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. The chancel and aisles were rebuilt by Samuel Sanders Teulon in 1866. The church is of greenstone and limestone, with a 15th-century tower, a 14th-century font, and a 19th–20th-century interior.[16]

Theddlethorpe Hall is a Grade II listed red-brick country house from the late 17th century, with early 18th–19th-century alterations.[17] The Stable Block is also Grade II listed and dates from the 19th century.[18]

Old station

Theddlethorpe railway station was on the Louth and East Coast Railway. It opened in 1877 and closed in 1960.[19]

Population of Theddlethorpe St Helens Civil Parish
Year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 2001 2011
Population[20] 220 207 239 275 347 360 414 349 311 281 319 261 312 308 495 525

Geography

References
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  2. Mills, David (2011). A dictionary of British place-names (Revised ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 455. ISBN 9780199609086. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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  17. Historic England. "The Hall, Theddlethorpe St Helen (1147241)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  18. Historic England. "Stable Block at The Hall (1062993)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  19. Historic England. "Theddlethorpe railway station (507092)". PastScape. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  20. "Vision of Britain". Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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