Little Cawthorpe Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Little Cawthorpe
Static Image Name:The Manor House, Little Cawthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 149780.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Manor House, Little Cawthorpe
Coordinates:53.3332°N 0.0364°W
Civil Parish:Little Cawthorpe
Population:163
Population Ref:(2011 Census)[1]
Region:East Midlands
Post Town:Louth
Postcode District:LN11
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF356988
London Distance Mi:130
London Direction:S

Little Cawthorpe is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 1.5miles south-west from Legbourne, and 3miles south-east from the market town of Louth.

Little Cawthorpe red-brick church, dedicated to St Helen, was built in 1860 by R. J. Withers to replace an earlier church.[2] It was declared redundant in 1996 by the Diocese of Lincoln,[3] and is a Grade II listed building.[4]

See main article: St Helen's Church, Little Cawthorpe.

The Manor House is a small red-brick country house dating from 1673 with some 20th-century alterations and additions, and is Grade II* listed.[5] The gate piers to the Manor House are Grade II listed and also date from 1673, although the wrought iron gates are 20th-century.[6]

The village public house is the 17th-century Royal Oak locally referred to as 'The Splash' due to the 200m (700feet) long ford that runs adjacent to the premises.[7] Kenwick Park Golf Club lies to the north of the village.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 20 August 2015.
  2. Web site: Lincs to the Past. MLI41925. Lincolnshire Archives. 18 May 2011.
  3. Web site: Little Cawthorpe. Genuki.org.uk. 18 May 2011.
  4. Web site: Church of St Helen, Little Cawthorpe. British Listed Buildings. 18 May 2011.
  5. Web site: The Manor House, Little Cawthorpe. British Listed Buildings. 18 May 2011.
  6. Web site: Gate Piers to the Manor House, Little Cawthorpe. British Listed Buildings. 18 May 2011.
  7. Web site: Lincolnshire Fords. www.wetroads.co.uk. 8 August 2016.