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{{Short description|Hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England}}
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[[Image:UK Grimsthorpe.jpg|thumb|left|Signpost in Grimsthorpe]]
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'''Grimsthorpe''' is a hamlet in [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]] situated about four miles north-west of [[Bourne, Lincolnshire|Bourne]] on the [[A151 road|A151]]. It falls within the parish of [[Edenham]].


'''Grimsthorpe''' is a hamlet in the [[South Kesteven]] district of [[Lincolnshire]], England. It is situated on the [[A151 road]], and {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} north-west from [[Bourne, Lincolnshire|Bourne]]. Grimsthorpe falls within the [[civil parish]] of [[Edenham]], which is governed by Edenham Grimsthorpe Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe Parish Council.<ref>[http://moderngov.southkesteven.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=427&J=1 "Edenham, Grimsthorpe, Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe Parish Council - Key Contacts"], South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 15 August 2011]</ref>
Nearby is [[Grimsthorpe Castle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=348511|title=National monument record for Castle}}</ref>


[[Grimsthorpe Castle]] is {{convert|500|yd|m|}} to the west.<ref>{{cite PastScape |mnumber=348511 |mname=Grimsthorpe Castle |accessdate=15 August 2011}}</ref>


A victorian gazetteer described Grimsthorpe like this:<ref>{{cite book|year=1872|editor-first=John Marius|editor-last=Wilson |title=Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales}}</ref>
[[John Marius Wilson]]'s 1870 ''[[Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]]'' described Grimsthorpe as:
{{quote|text=''GRIMSTHORPE'', 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.}}
<blockquote>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 Willoughby 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, about 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.<ref>{{cite book|year=1870|editor-first=John Marius|editor-last=Wilson |title=Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales |page=814}}</ref></blockquote><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/imperialgazettee03wils/page/814 |title= The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, Vol III. Grasmoor–Lees|last= Wilson|first= John Marius|date= 1870|website=Archive.org |publisher= A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Dublin |access-date=10 December 2019 |quote= }}</ref>
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[[Image:UK Grimsthorpe.jpg|thumb|left|140px|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.<ref>{{cite PastScape |mnumber=348506 |mname=Vaudey Abbey |accessdate=15 August 2011}}</ref> The park itself is mentioned in the ''[[Domesday Book]]''.<ref>{{cite PastScape |mnumber=1129134 |mname=Grimsthorpe Park |accessdate=15 August 2011}}</ref>
==Businesses==
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The majority of employment in the village is in agriculture or at the Castle
*Black Horse inn


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The majority of employment in the village is in agriculture, at Grimsthorpe Castle, or at the Black Horse [[public house]].
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Lincolnshire]]


==External links==
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Latest revision as of 20:34, 18 December 2023

Grimsthorpe
Grimsthorpe is located in Lincolnshire
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Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF048229
• London90 mi (140 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBOURNE
Postcode districtPE10
Dialling code01778
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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, which is governed by Edenham Grimsthorpe Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe Parish Council.[1]

Grimsthorpe Castle is 500 yards (460 m) to the west.[2]

John Marius Wilson's 1870 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 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 Willoughby 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, about 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]

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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.[5] The park itself is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[6]

The majority of employment in the village is in agriculture, at Grimsthorpe Castle, or at the Black Horse public house.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Edenham, Grimsthorpe, Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe Parish Council - Key Contacts", South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 15 August 2011]
  2. ^ Historic England. "Grimsthorpe Castle (348511)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ^ Wilson, John Marius, ed. (1870). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. p. 814.
  4. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870). "The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, Vol III. Grasmoor–Lees". Archive.org. A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Dublin. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Vaudey Abbey (348506)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Grimsthorpe Park (1129134)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 August 2011.

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