Thorpe St Peter

Thorpe St Peter is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west from the town of Wainfleet.

Thorpe St Peter

St Peter's Church, Thorpe St Peter
Thorpe St Peter
Location within Lincolnshire
Population320 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTF484606
• London115 mi (185 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSkegness
Postcode districtPE24
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Thorpe is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 33 households, two mills and a church.[2]

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Peter is a Grade I listed building dating from 1200 with later additions and alterations, and restored in the 19th century. It is built of greenstone and limestone. The west tower dates from the mid-14th century, and there is an early 13th-century font.[3]

Thorpe Culvert railway station was opened here in 1873.[4]

Sport

Thorpe St Peter is home to the Wainfleet & District Sporting Motorcycle Club. It hosts Motorcycle Grasstrack Racings International Lincolnshire Poacher and in 2011 held the European Grasstrack Championship Final.

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. Thorpe St Peter in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  3. Historic England. "Church of St Peter, Thorpe St Peter (1223796)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. Historic England. "Thorpe Culvert railway station (507093)". PastScape. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
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