Thorpe St Peter is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west from the town of Wainfleet.

Thorpe St Peter
St Peter's Church, Thorpe St Peter
Thorpe St Peter Location within Lincolnshire
Population	320 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TF484606
• London	115 mi (185 km) S
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Skegness
Postcode district	PE24
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Boston and Skegness
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53.122815°N 0.216230°E / 53.122815; 0.216230

Thorpe is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 33 households, two mills and a church.[2]

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Peter is a Grade I listed building dating from 1200 with later additions and alterations, and restored in the 19th century. It is built of greenstone and limestone. The west tower dates from the mid-14th century, and there is an early 13th-century font.[3]

Thorpe Culvert railway station was opened here in 1873.[4]

Sport

Thorpe St Peter is home to the Wainfleet & District Sporting Motorcycle Club. It hosts Motorcycle Grasstrack Racings International Lincolnshire Poacher and in 2011 held the European Grasstrack Championship Final.

References

External links

• Media related to Thorpe St Peter at Wikimedia Commons