Grainthorpe
| Grainthorpe | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Clement's Church, Grainthorpe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF382968 |
| Location: | 53°27’2"N, 0°4’52"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 749 (2011) |
| Post town: | Louth |
| Postcode: | LN11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Grainthorpe is a small village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, seven miles north-east of the town of Louth, and approximately three miles from the Lincolnshire coast. The wider civil parish includes the hamlets of Wragholme to the north-west, and Ludney to the south-east.
Grainthorpe is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Germundtorp", with 28 households.[1] The deserted mediæval village of Swinehope was believed to be sited hereabouts, abandoned when its harbour silted up.[2] There was a mediæval saltern at the hamlet of Wragholme.[3]
The parish church, St Clement, dates from 1200, with later alterations, additions, and restorations. It has a 15th-century font. The church is a Grade I listed building.[4] The churchyard contains war graves of a soldier and a Royal Flying Corps airman of the First World War.[5]
Grainthorpe Hall is an early 18th-century red-brick house, which is Grade II listed.[6]
About the village
Grainthorpe has its own primary school, village hall and post office, although the post office is currently open only two days a week in the Church Hall. The Coach house adjacent to the old Mill has been restored, and has re-opened as a village shop and tea room. There is also now a village shop selling supplies and pet food. Before this, the village's nearest shops were in the nearby villages of Marshchapel, North Somercotes, and Alvingham.
There are playing fields which consist of a tennis court, football pitch and cricket pitch.
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References
- ↑ Grainthorpe in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 354680 – Swinehope deserted mediæval village
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 354703 – Wragholme Saltern
- ↑ National Heritage List 1308429: St Clement, Grainthorpe (Grade I listing)
- ↑ CWGC Cemetery Report, details from casualty record.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063116: Grainthorpe Hall
