Calcethorpe with Kelstern explained

Static Image Name:St.Faith's, Kelstern, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 179463.jpg
Country:England
Static Image Caption:St Faith's church, Kelstern
Coordinates:53.394°N -0.11°W
Civil Parish:Calcethorpe with Kelstern
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
Post Town:Louth
Postcode District:LN11
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF252903
London Distance Mi:130
London Direction:S

Calcethorpe with Kelstern is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated west from the market town of Louth, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The parish includes the hamlets of Calcethorpe to the south of Kelstern, and Lambcroft to the north.[1] The Kelstern with Calcethorpe parish is now incorporated into the larger grouping of the Binbrook Group of Parishes.[2]

Calcethorpe church was dedicated to Saint Faith but had disappeared by about 1450.[3]

Kelstern Grade II listed parish church is also dedicated to St Faith and is Early English in origin, but was restored in 1886.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the Port of Hull, 1885, p. 500
  2. http://www.binbrook.org.uk/kelstern.htm Kelstern
  3. Web site: St Faith's church, Calcethorpe. Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. 29 August 2011.
  4. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Kelstern/ Kelstern