| Static Image Name: | St Andrew, South Thoresby - geograph.org.uk - 822937.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Andrew's Church, South Thoresby |
| Official Name: | South Thoresby |
| Website: | http://www.south-thoresby.co.uk |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.2715°N 0.0994°W |
| Population: | 128 |
| Population Ref: | (Including Calceby. 2011)[1] |
| Shire District: | East Lindsey |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Constituency Westminster: | Louth and Horncastle |
| Civil Parish: | South Thoresby |
| Post Town: | Alford |
| Postcode District: | LN13 |
| Postcode Area: | LN |
| Dial Code: | 01507 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF401770 |
| London Distance Mi: | 120 |
| London Direction: | S |
South Thoresby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 10miles north-east from Horncastle and 8miles south-east from Louth. Its population was 128 in 2011.
The village is the site of the studio where Arctic Monkeys recorded their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006).
South Thoresby is about 1miles east from the A16 in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The civil parish extends much further to the south, over the A16 and to include the hamlets of Calceby (a former medieval village) and Driby, extending southwards to Langton by Spilsby. To the south-west is Haugh. It lies close to the northern boundary with Aby with Greenfield.
The parish council administers Swaby, South Thoresby, and Haugh, although these are separate civil parishes.
South Thoresby church is dedicated to Saint Andrew, and dates from 1738. It was restored in 1872.[2] It replaced an earlier church, which was abandoned by 1735.[3]
The local public house is the Vine Inn, which was originally built in 1508. The present building appears to date from the 18th century.[4]
Within the parish is Singleton Birch, a chalk quarry.
The South Thoresby Warren nature reserve opened in 2007, and was officially declared a Local Nature Reserve in 2008.[5] Birds seen there include the yellowhammer, bullfinches, great tits and buzzards. Plants there include the common spotted orchid, the Yorkshire fog, the common mouse-ear, the bristly ox-tongue, the silverweed, the self-heal and the common centaury.