Thimbleby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west from the A158 road and the town of Horncastle.
Thimbleby | |
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![]() St Margaret's Church, Thimbleby | |
Location within Lincolnshire | |
Population | 258 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TF235699 |
• London | 120 mi (190 km) S |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Horncastle |
Postcode district | LN9 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Thimbleby is listed in Domesday Book of 1086 as "Stimbelbi", with 67 households, which at the time was considered very large. The Lord of the Manor was King William I.[2]
The church is dedicated to Saint Margaret and is a Grade II listed building[3] built of greenstone in 1744 to replace a medieval church on the same site,[4] and was largely rebuilt in 1879 by James Fowler of Louth.[3] It was closed in December 2010 due to unsafe stonework and electrical wiring.[5]
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The village hall was built in 1856, originally as a school, and is Grade II listed.[6]
The old village pump survives, dating from 1857, standing in a three sided red-brick enclosure.[7]
There are several cottages, some mud and stud, some thatched, in Thimbleby, including White Cottage, dating from the 16th century,[8] Rose Cottage,[9] and The Cabin,[10] both of which date from the 17th century, and the Old Manor dating from the 18th century.[11]
The village has a public house, The Durham Ox.
References
edit- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Domesday Map". Thimbleby. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Church of St. Margaret, Thimbleby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "Lincs to the Past". St Margarets Thimbleby. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "St Margarets Church Thimbleby". Horncastle News. 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Village Hall, Thimbleby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "Pump and Wall, Thimbleby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "White Cottage, Thimbleby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "Rose Cottage, Thimbleby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "The Cabin, Thimbleby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "The Old Manor, Thimbleby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
External links
edit- Media related to Thimbleby, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons