Great Sturton
| Great Sturton | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Great Sturton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF215767 |
| Location: | 53°16’24"N, 0°10’42"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Horncastle |
| Postcode: | LN9 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Great Sturton is a hamlet in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is about seven miles from the nearest market town, Horncastle.
The hamlet has twelve houses and fewer than 40 residents. Neighbouring villages include Sotby, Baumber , Hatton and Ranby.
Despite its lack of size, Great Sturton has a parish church, All Saints,[1] which is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 11th century. It was restored in 1904 by T. J. Micklethwaite.[2]
Both a middle- and a late-Bronze Age spearhead have been found at Great Sturton.[3][4]
There are two deserted mediæval villages listed for Great Sturton; one was Sudstone,[5] the other the hamlet of Lowthorpe.[6]
Sturton Hall
The first Sturton Hall is a Grade II listed ruin. The house was deserted in 1810 when the Livesey family bought the manor and built a new Hall in Sturton Park.[7][8]
The Manor, with neighbouring Baumber, once belonged to Thomas Dighton whose daughter and Heiress married Edward Clinton, the second son of the first Earl of Lincoln, whose successors were the Dukes of Newcastle. These estates remained in the family until they were sold to Thomas Livesey of Blackburn, Lancashire.[8]
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References
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 352932 – Church of All Saints
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063098: Church of All Saints (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Bronze Spearhead MLI40310: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ Late Bronze Age spearhead found south of Roman Road at Great Sturton: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ Site of DMV at Sudstone, Great Sturton: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ Deserted hamlet of Lowthorpe, Great Sturton: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ National Heritage List 1359926: Sturton Old Hall Ruin (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Saunders, J (1834). History of the County of Lincoln from the earliest period to the present time. https://books.google.com/books?id=PEKV0mgoQmgC&pg=PA87&dq=baumber&hl=en&ei=RpHBTYnEDsSW8QPprIyzBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=baumber&f=false. Retrieved 4 May 2011.