South Elkington
| South Elkington | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 South Elkington | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF296884 |
| Location: | 53°22’36"N, 0°3’12"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Louth |
| Postcode: | LN11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
South Elkington is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. A related hamlet, North Elkington is found a mile to the north, and both are three miles north-west of the nearest market town, Louth.
The parish of Elkington contains South Elkington and the hamlets of North Elkington, Boswell, and Thorpe.
Parish church
The parish church, All Saints, standing the midst of the village. It is built using chalk, ironstone, and limestone, and dating from the 13th century, with a 15th-century font. The nave was rebuilt in 1843, and the chancel in 1873. The church is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
A stone cross once stood in the churchyard, of which the base and part of the shaft remain in place. The cross is mediæval in date, carved out of limestone, and is today a scheduled ancient monument.[2][3]
Hamlets
North Elkington
- Main article: North Elkington
North Elkington is a mile to the north of South Elkington. It once had its own church, but no longer, and was a more substantial village in the Middle Ages.
Boswell
- Location map: 53°23’43"N, 0°4’46"W
Boswell has a Bronze Age bowl barrow, north of "Cocked Hat Plantation", which is a scheduled ancient monument.[4]
Thorpe
- Location map: 53°22’41"N, 0°2’41"W
Thorpe is laid out around Thorpe Hall, a country house 9and which is a Grade II* listed building.[5] The Hall was built in 1584 for Sir John Bolle who lived there until his death in 1606 and is buried in Haugh Church. A 17th-century pigeoncote at Thorpe Hall is also Grade II listed,[6] as is an 18th-century wrought iron gateway.[7]
From 1895 to 1906 Thorpe Hall was owned by Captain Julius Tennyson, nephew of the Poet Laureate, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Captain Langston Brackenbury, MP for Louth, bought the Hall in 1906 and lived there until 1920. In the Second World War, Thorpe Hall housed evacuees and was later requisitioned as an Army Officers' Mess. After the war it was a Diocesan healing centre. Later it was home to Lady Evelyn Patrick, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Lovelace.[8]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1359950: All Saints, South Elkington (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 353011 – Cross in All Saints churchyard
- ↑ National Heritage List 1018293: Cross in All Saints Churchyard (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1017877: Boswell Bowl Barrow (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1168252: Thorpe Hall (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1168271: Pigeoncote (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063148: Gateway at Thorpe Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Historic mansion steeped in legends". Louth Leader. 2 April 2003. http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/features/historic-mansion-steeped-in-legends-1-1009593.