Stragglethorpe
| Stragglethorpe | |
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 Stragglethorpe Hall | |
  Stragglethorpe Location within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 744 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK911521 |
| • London | 110 mi (180 km) S |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lincoln |
| Postcode district | LN5 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Stragglethorpe is a village in the civil parish of Brant Broughton with Stragglethorpe, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Newark-on-Trent. The population of the civil parish in 2001 was 639,[1] increasing to 744 at the 2011 census.[2] Stragglethorpe was a separate civil parish until 1931 when it merged with Brant Broughton.[3] These figures refer to the population of Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe combined. However, slips of paper can be found in the Stragglethorpe Churchwardens accounts for 1801,1811 and 1821 which records the population as 79, 92 and 100 respectively while denoting the number of inhabited houses and famlies as 14/17, 16/16 and 18/19.
Before 1931, Stragglethorpe had been associated with the land and villages to the West of it, namely Beckingham, Sutton and Fenton. In fact, a thousand years before, it had been an outlying hamlet to the village of Holme. The saxon " thorpe " part of its name denotes this fact; confusingly, Holme Manor and buildings were just to the south of Sutton and were abandoned many centuries ago, the earth mounds and ramparts were levelled by the landowner in the early 1970's. It seems to be widely accepted by recent historians, but not proved, that the other church mentioned in the Domesday Book ( 1086 ) under the heading of Holme was in fact that belonging to Stragglethorpe. The expression " Stragglethorpe in the parish of Beckingham " is used repeatedly in the title of the Bishops Transcripts during the late C16th and C17th, These can be found in the Lincoln Archives.
Saint Michael's Church is a Grade I listed building dating from the 11th century, now in the care of the Historic Churches Preservation Trust. It has an 11th-century font and 18th century box pews.[4] Several well respected church architects have the opinion that the West wall of the church is pre Norman Conquest (1066). This wall is rubble built with a later buttress added for the stability of the bell cote. When viewed from the inside, an early west facing doorway with Triangular stone lintel and a window opening above are clearly visible. There used to be a Chancel Screen in the church, the carved stone supports on either side are clear evidence of this. It was mentioned in the notes of William Monson when he visited on the 9th August 1833 and a report in the Grantham Journal of 1886 tells of how it was bedecked with flowers for the Harvest Festival. However, it must have been removed soon afterwards as a visitor in 1921 reports that there is no chancel screen to be seen. No photographic picture of the screen has come to light as of yet.
Stragglethorpe Hall is a Grade II listed Elizabethan "H plan" country house dating from the 16th century, and extended between 1912 and 1914.[5] The stable block is also Grade II listed, dating from the same period and with a similar restoration between 1912 and 1914.[6]
Stragglethorpe village hall is a new building, replacing a temporary structure built in 1921 by the RAF. It was built with the aid of a grant from the Big Lottery Fund.[7] The previous sentence does not refer to Stragglethorpe in Lincolnshire, there has never been a village hall in this village, I suspect that the contributor is referring to the village in Nottinghamshire of the same name, near Cotgrave.
References
- ^ "Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Offuice for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Stragglethorpe". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "St Michaels, Stragglethorpe (1061900)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Stragglethorpe Hall (1147803)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Stable Block at Stragglethorpe Hall (1360552)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "New hall for rural Lincolnshire village". Big Lottery Fund. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
External links
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