Northorpe, Lindsey
| Northorpe | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St John the Baptist, Northorpe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK894971 |
| Location: | 53°27’49"N, -0°39’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 126 (2011) |
| Post town: | Gainsborough |
| Postcode: | DN21 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Northorpe is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, about eight miles north-east of the town of Gainsborough. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 126.
Today the parish includes the site of a deserted mediæval village, Southorpe, the population of which declined during the 15th century, and of the church, dedicated to St Martin, which was pulled down in the early 16th century.[1] The site of Southorpe is a scheduled monument.[2]
It is possible that both villages existed at the time of Domesday Book of 1086, as the village of Torp is listed five times, and includes a total population of 40 households.[3]
About the village
The parish church, St John the Baptist, is was built in the 12th century, in limestone, with later additions and a restoration in 1905. It is a Grade I listed building. There are several 17th-century monuments in the church to the Monson family.[4]
At one time the churchyard was said to be haunted by an example of the 'Black Dog' apparition, by the name of the Bargest.[5][6]
Northorpe village hall is a former National school with datestone of 1846. It is a Grade II listed building.[7] The building opened as a school in 1848 and closed in 1932 as Northorpe C of E School.[8]
Northorpe railway station opened in 1848 and closed in 1964.[9]
Northorpe has two Halls: the timber-framed Northorpe Old Hall is a Grade II listed ruin dating from the 16th century,[10] and Northorpe Hall is limestone and yellow brick built house dating from 1872, and Grade II listed.[11]
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References
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 324988 – Southorpe deserted mediæval village
- ↑ National Heritage List 1016794: Southorpe deserted mediæval village (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ Northorpe, Lindsey in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Heritage List 1165812: St John the Baptist, Northorpe (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "Church of St John the Baptist, Northorpe". Mysterious Britain and Ireland. http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/lincoln/hauntings/church-of-st-john-the-baptist-northorpe.html. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ Howlet, England. "Sacrificial Foundations.". Ecclesiastical Curiosities. Project Gutenburgh. p. 32. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38274/38274-h/38274-h.htm. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1064173: Northorpe Village Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Northorpe CE School: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 507056 – Northorpe railway station
- ↑ National Heritage List 1165840: Northorpe Old Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1064174: Northorpe Hall (Grade II listing)