Theddlethorpe All Saints
| Theddlethorpe All Saints | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church, Theddlethorpe All Saints | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF464881 |
| Location: | 53°22’16"N, 0°11’55"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 212 (2001) |
| Post town: | Mablethorpe |
| Postcode: | LN12 |
| Dialling code: | 01507 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Theddlethorpe All Saints is a village in Lindsey, in the north of Lincolnshire, to be found by the coast of the North Sea some three miles north of Mablethorpe. The village is a mile inland of the coast where its sister village, Theddlethorpe St Helen stands.
The 2001 census recorded a population of just 212
Parish church
The parish church, All Saints, dates from the 12th century, with 1380–1400 alterations. Additional changes were made in the late 17th-century alterations, and minor repairs in 1865-66. Today it is a is a Grade I listed building. [1]
The church was built of greenstone and limestone. It has a 15th-century font. At the west end is preserved the 15th-century wooden pinnacle from the tower roof. In the south aisle chapel is a monumental brass to Sir Robert Hayton who died in 1424. Nearby is the matrix for a double brass of which only one brass shield remains. In the chancel are two early 18th-century marble wall plaques to members of the Newcomen family. A marble monument to Charles Bertie and his wife Mary died 1727, made by Andrew Carpenter, London.[1]
All Saints was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in 1973[2] and it is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[3]
About the village
Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed 16th-century red-brick house, altered about 1680 with more alterations in the late 18th and 19th centuries.[4]
Within the parish there is a mediæval moat, extant in 1963 but now only visible as cropmarks. A hearth tile bearing the arms of the Angevin family was found when excavation took place in the moated enclosure near Theddlethorpe All Saints church. The house within the moat was called Keleshall.[5]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1062991: Church of All Saints, Theddlethorpe
- ↑ Information on Theddlethorpe All Saints from GENUKI
- ↑ "Theddelthorpe Church Reopens". Louth Leader. 20 July 2011. http://www.louthleader.co.uk/lifestyle/leisure/theddlethorpe_church_reopens_1_2878965. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1308616: Hall Farmhouse
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 355647 – Keleshall
