Bassingthorpe
Bassingthorpe is a small village in the civil parish of Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) south from Grantham, and on a C class road between the B6403 to the west and the B1176 to the east. In 1921 the parish had a population of 78. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Bitchfield to form "Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe".
The village contains 4 houses and a Grade I listed church dedicated to St Thomas. The ecclesiastical parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes, of the Deanery of Beltisloe in the Diocese of Lincoln. From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was Rev Richard Ireson.
References
- ^ "Population statistics Bassingthorpe CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Grantham Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Church of St Thomas a Becket, Bitchfield And Bassingthorpe", British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 27 June 2011
- ^ "Bassingthorpe w Westby P C C" Archived 12 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 14 May 2012
- ^ "North Beltisloe Group Council Report for PCC AGMs."; Boothby.org.uk. PDF download required. Retrieved 14 May 2012
External links
Media related to Bassingthorpe at Wikimedia Commons- Bassingthorpe in the Domesday Book
