Thorpe St Peter | |
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![]() St Peter's Church, Thorpe St Peter | |
Location within Lincolnshire | |
Population | 320 (2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | TF484606 |
• London | 115 mi (185 km) S |
District | |
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 civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west from the town of 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]
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.
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