Althorpe
| Althorpe | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Keadby Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE797101 |
| Location: | 53°34’39"N, -0°44’27"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,752 (2001 census with Keadby) |
| Post town: | Scunthorpe |
| Postcode: | DN17 |
| Dialling code: | 01724 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Lincolnshire] |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Scunthorpe |
Althorpe is a small village and ancient parish in Lincolnshire. It is situated four miles west of Scunthorpe and the same distance to the south-east of Crowle on the A18 road. The population details are included in the civil parish of Keadby with Althorpe.
History
The Domesday Book records the lords of the manor in 1066 as Alnoth and Ulf Fenman. In 1086, the lord and Tenant-in-chief was Geoffrey of la Guerche. The settlement was small with one ploughland and six sokemen.[1]
A 1620s scheme by Vermuyden for drainage of the Isle of Axholme and Hatfield Chase had two phases:
- The southern arm of the River Torne was blocked. The course of the other arm was straightened by cutting a drain, and its waters emptied through a sluice into the River Trent at Althorpe.
- A second long drain was cut from Idlestop to Dirtness. This ran parallel to the River Torne and the water was sluiced into the River Trent at Althorpe. In the early 19th century an addition outfall – Folly Drain – was constructed at Derrythorpe. At a later stage these outfalls were replaced by a new outfall for 'the three rivers' at Keadby.[2]
- Main article: Keadby Bridge
The King George V Swing Bridge (also known as Keadby Bridge) crosses the River Trent near Althorpe to connect the Isle of Axholme to Scunthorpe and the rest of Lincolnshire. The A18 crosses the bridge, and until the M180 motorway – a mile to the south – opened in 1979, this was the main east-west route to Grimsby (through Scunthorpe). The A18 previously went through the village but was diverted to the north-west.
Community
Althorpe Grade I-listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Oswald.[3] Built in 1483 by Sir John Neville, it is of Perpendicular style. During a restoration in 1868 sedilia (stone seats) were found to have been erected on a marble slab dedicated to 14th-century rector William de Lound.[4]
St Oswald's church[5] is in the older part of Althorpe. Althorpe and Keadby Primary School (opened in 1975), and the Post Office,[6] are in the newer part near the bridge over the River Trent. The village public house is The Dolphin[7] – the Original Dolphin Inn stood on the River Trent at the end of Ferry Lane, originally Dolphin Street.
Althorpe railway station, which lies to the north of the village on the South Humberside Main Line, is closer to Keadby.
References
- ↑ "Place: Althorpe". Open Domesday. http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE8309/althorpe/. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ "Hatfield Chase Corporation, 1538-1973". University of Nottingham. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/collectionsindepth/water/hatfieldchase.aspx. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1083258: Church of St Oswald
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 44; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ St Oswald's Althorpe; geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2011
- ↑ Keadby Post Office, geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2011
- ↑ The Dolphin Inn, Althorpe, geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2011
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Althorpe) |
- Althorpe in the Domesday Book
- "Althorpe", The Isle of Axholme Family History Society
- "Althorpe and Keadby Parish Photographs", Isleofaxholme.co.uk
- "Althorpe", Isleofaxholme.net
| Isle of Axholme |
|---|
|
Althorpe • Amcotts • Beltoft • Crowle • Ealand • Eastoft • Epworth • Garthorpe • Haxey • Keadby • Luddington • Owston Ferry • Sandtoft • West Butterwick • Westwoodside • Wroot |