High Toynton
High Toynton | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | HORNCASTLE | |
Postcode district | LN9 | |
Dialling code | 01507 | |
Police | Lincolnshire | |
Fire | Lincolnshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
High Toynton is a village and
Horncastle, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
.
High Toynton is one of the Thankful Villages that did not suffer fatalities during the First World War.[3]
Around the village has been found evidence of Medieval, Roman or earlier Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation.[4][5][6][7]
In 1885 Kelly's noted the existence of a
DL JP of Revesby Abbey. High Toynton covered an area of 1,054 acres (4.27 km2) with chief agricultural production of wheat, barley, oats, seeds and turnips, and an 1881 population of 133.[8]
The
St John the Baptist, was rebuilt in 1872 of greenstone by Ewan Christian, who reused 12th-century fragments from the previous church erected in 1779. It is a Grade II listed building.[2][9] The church tower collapsed in January 2020, and £200,000 National Lottery Heritage Funding towards rebuilding was allocated in July 2022.[10]
There are two Grade II listed thatched dwellings in High Toynton: an 18th-century mud and stud cottage,[11] and a similar red-brick-encased house.[12]
References
- ^ "High Toynton", Genuki.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011
- ^ a b "High Toynton Lincolnshire", A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 October 2011
- ^ "High Toynton Thankful Village". Thankful Villages. Norman Thorpe, Rod Morris and Tom Morgan. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "High Toynton (1051062)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 893126". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1377095". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 352757". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 690
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist, High Toynton (1062998)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ 'Delight and relief' as collapsed church received £200,000 funding to rebuild lincolnshireworld.com, 6 July 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022
- ^ Historic England. "Thatched Cottage (1168167)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Thatched House (1360003)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
External links
- Media related to High Toynton at Wikimedia Commons