South Somercotes
| South Somercotes | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church, South Somercotes | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF416938 |
| Location: | 53°25’22"N, -0°7’48"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 231 (2011) |
| Post town: | Louth |
| Postcode: | LN11 |
| Dialling code: | 01507 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
South Somercotes is a village eight miles north-east of Louth and approximately two miles south of North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. The wider civil parish includes the hamlet of Scupholme.
Church
The former parish church, St Peter, is often called the "Queen of the Marsh" due to its lofty spire serving as a landmark for seaman. St Peter's dates back to approximately 1200, but the present fabric is from the 14th to 16th centuries, and was heavily restored in 1866 and 1896. It is constructed of limestone, greenstone and ironstone coursed rubble, with some limestone ashlar from the later restorations.[1]
Declared redundant, the church is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
The ecclesiastical parish now is shared with North Somercotes and is part of the Somercotes and Grainthorpe with Conisholme group in the Diocese of Lincoln.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about South Somercotes) |
References
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 355718 – Church of St Peter
- ↑ {{cite web|url=http://www.somercotes.clara.net/stpeters.html St. Peter's Church] on Somercotes