Theddlethorpe St Helen
| Theddlethorpe St Helen | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Helen's Church, Theddlethorpe St Helen | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF478885 |
| Location: | 53°22’17"N, 0°13’23"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 595 (2001) |
| Post town: | Mablethorpe |
| Postcode: | LN12 |
| Dialling code: | 01507 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Theddlethorpe St Helen is a village in Lindsey, in the north of Lincolnshire, to be found by the coast of the North Sea some three miles north of Mablethorpe. The village is on the coast; a mile inland is its sister village, Theddlethorpe All Saints.
The 2001 census recorded a populaiton of 595.
Parish church
The parish church is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to St Helen, the Empress Helen, and dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. The chancel and aisles were rebuilt by Samuel Sanders Teulon in 1866. The church is of greenstone and limestone, with a 15th-century tower, a 14th-century font, and a 19th- to 20th-century interior.[1]
About the village
Theddlethorpe Hall or The Hall, is a Grade II listed red-brick country house from the late 17th century, with early 18th- and 19th-century alterations.[2]
The Stable Block is also Grade II listed and dates from the 19th century.[3]
Theddlethorpe railway station was a railway station on the Louth and East Coast Railway, opened in 1877, and closed 1960.[4]
Between the villages is the Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal which processes natural gas extracted from beneath the North Sea.
A section of the seashore of the village is part of the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve, which comprises sea dunes and both saltwater and freshwater marshes. The reserve is one of only five locations in the United Kingdom where the natterjack toad can be found.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1147259: The Church of St Helen, Theddlethorpe
- ↑ National Heritage List 1147241: The Hall, Theddlethorpe St Helen
- ↑ National Heritage List 1062993: Stable Block at The Hall
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 507092 – Theddlethorpe railway station
