Throckenholt Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.6655°N 0.001°W
Civil Parish:Sutton St Edmund
Shire District:South Holland
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:South Holland and the Deepings
Post Town:SPALDING
Postcode District:PE12
Postcode Area:PE
Os Grid Reference:TF354094
London Distance Mi:85
London Direction:S

Throckenholt is a village in the civil parish of Sutton St Edmund (where the population is listed) in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located close to the border of Cambridgeshire about 16miles south-east of Spalding, 14miles west of Wisbech and 10miles south of Holbeach.

The Museum of Technology, The Great War and WWII is in the village and opened its doors in 2016.

Throckenholt Priory was sited here, it was a hermitage and chapel in existence from at least 1107–1540. It was granted to Thorney Abbey by Nigel, Bishop of Ely.[1]

Throckenholt was written as 'Trokenholt' in the 1240 Papal Rolls.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 353387. Throckenholt Priory. 19 August 2011.
  2. Book: English Place-names. Eilert Ekwall. Oxford University Press. 1991.