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Thorpe St Peter, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Thorpe St Peter, a parish, with a scattered village, in Lincolnshire, with a station called Thorpe Culvert, on the G.N.R., 125 miles from London, and 2 NNW of Wainfleet. Post town, Wainfleet. Acreage, 3147; population, 540. There is a parish council consisting of eight members. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £250. The church is a building of sandstone in the Decorated style, and has been restored. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishThorpe St. Peter 
Poor Law unionSpilsby 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Thorpe St Peter:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1653-19111754-18111653-19111653-1911

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Thorpe St Peter from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Thorpe St Peter are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictEast Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE24
Post TownSkegness

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