Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire

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Thorpe on the Hill
Lincolnshire

St Michael's Church, Thorpe on the Hill
Location
Grid reference: SK908656
Location: 53°10’48"N, -0°38’32"W
Data
Population: 558  (2011)
Post town: Lincoln
Postcode: LN6
Local Government
Council: North Kesteven
Parliamentary
constituency:
Sleaford and
North Hykeham

Thorpe on the Hill is a small village and parish in the Kesteven part of Lincolnshire. It is situated in Boothby Graffoe Wapentake, less than a mile north of the A46 road, and six miles south-west of Lincoln city centre.

Population

In the 2001 census the parish population was 530,[1] increasing to 558 at the 2011 census.[2]

Local commerce and industry includes the door manufacturer Doortechnik.

Thorpe-on-the-Hill railway station, on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line north of the village, was opened in 1846; it closed in 1955.

References

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