Grimsthorpe is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A151 road, and 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Bourne. Grimsthorpe falls within the civil parish of Edenham, which is governed by Edenham Grimsthorpe Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe Parish Council.[1]
| Grimsthorpe | |
|---|---|
  Grimsthorpe Location within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TF048229 |
| • London | 90 mi (140 km) S |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BOURNE |
| Postcode district | PE10 |
| Dialling code | 01778 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Grimsthorpe Castle is 500 yards (460 m) to the west.[2]
John Marius Wilson's 1870 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grimsthorpe as:
a hamlet in Edenham parish, Lincoln; on the river Glen, 1½ mile W of Edenham village. Pop., 135. Grimsthorpe Park was the seat once of the Duke of Ancaster, afterwards of Lord Gwyder; is now the seat of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby; was built partly in the time of Henry III., but principally by the Duke of Suffolk, to entertain Henry VIII.; is a large, irregular, but magnificent structure; and stands in an ornate park, about 16 miles in circuit. A Cistertian abbey, founded about 1451, by the Earl of Albemarle, and called Vallis Dei, or, vulgarly, Vaudy, formerly stood in the park, about a mile from the castle.[3]
Vaudey Abbey was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1147, dissolved in 1536. The Abbey and its commercial quarries became part of Grimsthorpe Park.[5] The park itself is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[6]
The majority of employment in the village is in agriculture, at Grimsthorpe Castle, or at the Black Horse public house.
References
edit- ^ "Edenham, Grimsthorpe, Elsthorpe & Scottlethorpe Parish Council - Key Contacts", South Kesteven District Council. Retrieved 15 August 2011]
- ^ Historic England. "Grimsthorpe Castle (348511)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ Wilson, John Marius, ed. (1870). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. p. 814.
- ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870). "The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, Vol III. Grasmoor–Lees". Archive.org. A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Dublin. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Vaudey Abbey (348506)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Grimsthorpe Park (1129134)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 August 2011.
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