Thorganby, Lincolnshire

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Thorganby
Lincolnshire
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All Saints' Church, Thorganby
Location
Grid reference: TF209976
Location: 53°27’41"N, 0°10’49"W
Data
Post town: Grimsby
Postcode: DN37
Local Government
Council: West Lindsey
Parliamentary
constituency:
Gainsborough

Thorganby is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is in the Lincolnshire Wolds, some nine miles north-east of the nearest town, Market Rasen.

The parish church is a Grade II listed building dedicated to All Saints. Built using ironstone, limestone and red brick, It dates from the 13th century although it was almost completely rebuilt in 1900. It retains its 13th-century font.[1]

Thorganby Hall is a Grade II listed small country house, built of limestone and red brick in 1648 with early 19th-century additions.[2] It was built to replace an earlier Hall which was the seat of the Willoughby family, plundered by the Roundheads during the Civil War in 1643.[3]

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References

  1. National Heritage List 1063481: All Saints, Thorganby (Grade II listing)
  2. National Heritage List 1359758: Thorganby Hall (Grade II listing)
  3. National Monuments Record: No. 353282 – Old Hall, Thorganby