South Thoresby
| South Thoresby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Church, South Thoresby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF401770 |
| Location: | 53°16’17"N, 0°5’58"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 128 (2011 incl Calceby) |
| Post town: | Alford |
| Postcode: | LN13 |
| Dialling code: | 01507 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
| Website: | www.south-thoresby.co.uk |
South Thoresby is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, It sits amongst the Lincolnshire Wolds, ten miles north-east of Horncastle and eight miles south-east of Louth.
The village is to be found about a mile east of the A16, while associated hamlets assigned to its civil parish extend much further to the south to include such hamlets of Calceby (a former mediæval village) and Driby. To the south-west is Haugh.
The parish church, St Andrew, dates from 1738, and was restored in 1872.[1] It replaced an earlier church, which had gone by 1735.[2]
Community
The local public house is the Vine Inn, which was originally built in 1508, although the present building appears to date from the 18th century.[3]
Within the parish is Singleton Birch, a chalk quarry.
Nature reserve
The South Thoresby Warren nature reserve opened in 2007, and was officially declared a Local Nature Reserve in 2008.[4]
Birds seen about the reserve include yellowhammers, bullfinches, great tits and buzzards. Plants there include common spotted orchid, Yorkshire fog, common mouse-ear, bristly ox-tongue (Picris echioides), silverweed, self-heal (prunella) and common centaury (Centaurium erythraea).
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about South Thoresby) |
- Information on South Thoresby from GENUKI
- South Thoresby: Lincolnshirewolds.info
- Singleton Birch quarry
References
- ↑ Church of St Andrew, South Thoresby: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ South Thoresby Church: LincolnshireWolds.info
- ↑ The Vine Inn, South Thoresby: LincolnshireWolds.info
- ↑ Local Nature Reserves: South Thoresby Warrent: Natural England
