Editing Sausthorpe

{{short description|Village in Lincolnshire}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
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 | country                  = England
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 | population               = 305
 | population_ref           = (Including Aswardby, Dalby and Langton by Spilsby. [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128212&c=LN11+8RB&d=16&e=62&g=6481944&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1440064090740&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref>
 | shire_district           = [[East Lindsey]]
 | shire_county             = [[Lincolnshire]]
 | region                   = East Midlands
 | constituency_westminster = [[Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)|Louth and Horncastle]]
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'''Sausthorpe''' is a small village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[East Lindsey]] [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[Lincolnshire]], England, {{convert|8|mi|km}} east of [[Horncastle, Lincolnshire|Horncastle]] and {{convert|3|mi|km}} north-west of [[Spilsby]]. It lies on the southern edge of the [[Lincolnshire Wolds]] – a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – in the valley of the [[River Lymn]]. Farming remains the dominant economic activity in the area. The population was 305 in the 2011 census<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sausthorpe (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/admin/east_lindsey/E04005715__sausthorpe/ |accessdate=26 December 2020}}</ref> and estimated at 306 in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Population |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/admin/east_lindsey/E04005715__sausthorpe/ |accessdate=20 January 2021}}</ref>

==Heritage==
===Derivation===
The name is believed to derive from "Sauthr's thorpe", a farming settlement here in [[Viking]] times.<ref>Cameron, Kenneth (1998); ''A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-names'', English Place-Name Society. {{ISBN|0904889580}}{{page needed|date=July 2012}}</ref>

===Church===
The [[parish church]], dedicated to [[St Andrew]], is a Grade II [[listed building]], designed by [[Charles Kirk (senior)|Charles Kirk]] and built in 1842 on the site of an earlier medieval church.<ref>{{Cite PastScape |mnumber=1034892 |mname=St Andrews, Sausthorpe |access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1063638 |desc=St Andrews, Sausthorpe |access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> Its construction was sponsored by Rev. Francis A. Swan, [[Lord of the Manor]] and parish rector from 1819 until his death in 1878.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sausthorpe, St. Andrew|url=https://www.lincswoldsandcoastchurches.org/2019/07/sausthorpe-st-andrew.html|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> The spire is a prominent landmark resembling on a smaller scale that of [[St. James Church, Louth]], {{convert|12|mi|km}} to the north.

[[Pelham Dale]] [[Society of the Holy Cross|SSC]] – prosecuted and imprisoned for [[Ritualism in the Church of England|ritualist]] practices in 1876 and 1880, and so regarded as a martyr by [[Anglo-Catholics]] – was the parish priest from 1881 to 1892.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} His grave lies under the trees on the eastern side of the [[churchyard]]. Inside the church, several [[Dymoke]] family gravestones date from the 18th century, having been transferred from the earlier church.

In 1885 ''[[Kelly's Directory]]'' recorded Rev. Charles Trollope Swan [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] as living at Sausthorpe Hall, a "modern mansion in a park of 30 acres". He had inherited the roles of Lord of the Manor and Rector from his father, Francis Swan, in 1878. He granted the rectorate, including the rectory living, residence (the Old Hall, see below) and {{convert|34|acre|km2|2}} of [[glebe]] land, to T. Pelham Dale in 1882.

===Facilities===
Rev. Francis A. Swan built a [[National school (England and Wales)|National School]] for 50 children in 1860. It survived until 1983.

The parish of Sausthorpe had a population of 206 in 30 inhabited houses in 1831.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiVDAAAAcAAJ&dq=Sausthorpe+parish&pg=PA348 |title=Google Books. Retrieved 30 December 2019. |year=1836}}</ref>

''Kelly's Directory'' recorded that in 1885 the area of the parish was {{convert|727|acre|km2|1}}, in which were grown wheat, barley and turnips, that Sausthorpe's population at the time of the 1881 [[census]] was 141, and that within the parish were a grocer, wheelwright, carrier, two farmers, a farmer-cum-beer retailer, and a farmer-surveyor.<ref name=Kellys>''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 611.</ref>

Sausthorpe Hall is a late 18th-century Grade II listed country house, extended and remodelled in 1822.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1063637 |desc=Sausthorpe Hall |access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref>

The Old Hall is a Grade II* listed 15th-century house, with 16th and 18th-century alterations. It has rendering over red brick and the remains of a timber frame.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1063639 |desc=The Old Hall, Sausthorpe |access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref>

Historically there were three principal farms in the village: East Farm (the farmhouse is set back from the main road about one mile east of the village); Grange Farm (the farmhouse is on the main road at the eastern entry to the village); and Church Farm (the farmhouse, now known as Linden House, is on the corner of the crossroads at the centre of the village).

===Notable people===
*[[Pelham Dale]] (1821–1892), an Anglo-Catholic priest prosecuted for ritualistic practices, was parish priest of Sausthorpe-cum-[[Aswardby]] from 1881 until his death. He was buried in the churchyard.
*[[Standish Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort]] (1888–1975), connoisseur and art collector, was born in Sausthorpe.

==Transport==
Sausthorpe lies on the main A158 road between [[Horncastle]] and [[Skegness]]. It is served by the Spilsby CallConnect weekday bus service, which must be ordered by phone in advance.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://bustimes.org/services/56s-spilsby-call-connect-plus| title=Retrieved 30 December 2019.}}</ref> The nearest railway station is [[Skegness railway station|Skegness]] ({{convert|13|mi|km|disp=semicolon}}).

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Villages in Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:East Lindsey District]]