Scottlethorpe

Village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England

Human settlement in England

Edenham

District

South Kesteven

Shire county

Lincolnshire

Region

East Midlands

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List of places: UK; England; Lincolnshire

52°46′48″N 0°25′34″W / 52.7800°N 0.4260°W / 52.7800; -0.4260

Scottlethorpe is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west from Bourne, and on the A151 road. The village is within the civil parish of Edenham; the local area is part of the Grimsthorpe Castle estate.

The modern settlement is a series of cottages and a small terrace of houses extending along Scottlethorpe Lane between the modern village of Edenham and the site of the medieval chapel.

Scottlethorpe is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Scachertorp" within the Beltisloe wapentake, and consisting of 3 households and 1.3 ploughlands. In 1086 the Lord of the Manor and Tenant-in-chief became Robert of Tosny.^[1]^[2]

There were medieval chapels in the area, one at Scottlethorpe, and others wider afield. The remains of the 12th-century chapel at Scottlethorpe survived as part of a barn at Manor Farm. However, the barn doorway might have come not from the chapel, but from Vaudey Abbey,^[3] The doorway was moved into Edenham church in 1967.^[4]

References

^ Scottlethorpe in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
^ "Documents Online: Scottlethorpe, Lincolnshire", Folio: 367r, Great Domesday Book; The National Archives. Retrieved 22 May 2012
^ Historic England. "Chapel at Scottlethorpe (348455)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 February 2011.
^ Historic England. "Church of St. Michael and All Angels (Grade I) (1146587)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 July 2016.