Friesthorpe Explained

Country:England
Static Image:St.Peter's church, Friesthorpe, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 73323.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Church of St Peter, Friesthorpe
Coordinates:53.3366°N -0.391°W
Official Name:Friesthorpe
Population:204
Population Ref:(2011)
Shire District:West Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Gainsborough
Post Town:Lincoln
Postcode District:LN3
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF0783
London Distance Mi:110
London Direction:S

Friesthorpe is a settlement and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Snarford and Snelland) at the 2011 census was 204.[1] It is situated 4miles south-west from the town of Market Rasen, 9miles north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln, and just east from the A46 road.

Friesthorpe Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Peter. The church is of 13th-century origin, and was rebuilt in 1841 except for the tower.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 29 May 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 129; Methuen & Co. Ltd