High Toynton
| High Toynton | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St John the Baptist church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF284699 |
| Location: | 53°12’39"N, 0°4’43"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Horncastle |
| Postcode: | LN9 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
High Toynton is a village in Lincolnshire a mile and a half east of the town of Horncastle, in the Lindsey part of that county. It is in the Lincolnshire Wolds, the highest part of the shire, and a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
High Toynton is one of the Thankful Villages; those that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918. Further, it is one of the very few Twice-Thankful villages, as no men were lost in the Second World War either.[1]
Around the village has been found evidence of Stone Age, Bronze Age, Roman and Mediæval occupation.[2]
In 1885 Kelly's noted the existence of a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1840. The Lord of the Manor was James Banks Stanhope DL JP of Revesby Abbey. High Toynton covered an area of 1,054 acres with chief agricultural production of wheat, barley, oats, seeds and turnips, and an 1881 population of 133.[3]
Church
The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. It was rebuilt in 1872 of greenstone by Edwin Christian, who reused 12th century fragments from the previous church erected in 1779. It is a Grade II listed building.[4]
The church contains a plaque giving thanks to God for the safe return of the men of the village after the Great War:
WITH THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD
FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL SOLDIERS FROM HIGH TOYNTON
WHO TOOK PART IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
Fourteen men are listed, three marked as wounded. Elsewhere five men are listed for the Second World War, all of whom returned safely.
Other buildings
There are two Grade II listed thatched dwellings in High Toynton:
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References
- ↑ Villages Toynton - Thankful Village on Hellfire Corner
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 1051062 – High Toynton
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 690
- ↑ National Heritage List 1062998: St John the Baptist, High Toynton
- ↑ National Heritage List 1168167: Thatched Cottage
- ↑ National Heritage List 1360003: Thatched House
