Bassingthorpe

Village in Lincolnshire, England

Human settlement in England

Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe

District

South Kesteven

Shire county

Lincolnshire

Region

East Midlands

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Grantham and Stamford

List of places: UK; England; Lincolnshire

52°50′45″N 0°33′57″W / 52.845911°N 0.565966°W / 52.845911; -0.565966

Bassingthorpe is a small village in the civil parish of Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) south from Grantham, and on a C class road between the B6403 to the west and the B1176 to the east. In 1921 the parish had a population of 78.^[1] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Bitchfield to form "Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe".^[2]

The village contains 4 houses and a Grade I listed church dedicated to St Thomas.^[3] The ecclesiastical parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes, of the Deanery of Beltisloe in the Diocese of Lincoln.^[4] From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was Rev Richard Ireson.^[5]

References

^ "Population statistics Bassingthorpe CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^ "Grantham Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^ "Church of St Thomas a Becket, Bitchfield And Bassingthorpe", British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 27 June 2011
^ "Bassingthorpe w Westby P C C" Archived 12 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 14 May 2012
^ "North Beltisloe Group Council Report for PCC AGMs."; Boothby.org.uk. PDF download required. Retrieved 14 May 2012