Thorpe St Peter
Appearance
Thorpe St Peter | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Skegness | |
Postcode district | PE24 | |
Police | Lincolnshire | |
Fire | Lincolnshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Thorpe St Peter is a village and
Wainfleet
.
Thorpe is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 33 households, two mills and a church.[2]
The parish church, dedicated to Saint Peter is a Grade I listed building dating from 1200 with later additions and alterations, and restored in the 19th century. It is built of greenstone and limestone. The west tower dates from the mid-14th century, and there is an early 13th-century font.[3]
Thorpe Culvert railway station was opened here in 1873.[4]
Sport
Thorpe St Peter is home to the Wainfleet & District Sporting Motorcycle Club. It hosts Motorcycle Grasstrack Racings International Lincolnshire Poacher and in 2011 held the European Grasstrack Championship Final.
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Thorpe St Peter in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter, Thorpe St Peter (1223796)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Thorpe Culvert railway station (507093)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 14 August 2011.
External links
- Media related to Thorpe St Peter at Wikimedia Commons