Grainthorpe is a small village and

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in the East Lindsey

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, England. It is situated north-east from the town of

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, and approximately from the

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. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Wragholme to the north-west, and Ludney to the south-east. The population of Conisholme is included in the 2011 census. Grainthorpe is listed in the 1086 ''

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'' as "Germundtorp", with 28 households. The deserted medieval village of Swinehope was believed to be cited here, abandoned when its harbour silted up. There was a medieval

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at the hamlet of Wragholme. The

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is a Grade I

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dedicated to St Clement and dating from 1200, with later alterations, additions, and restorations. It has a 15th-century font. The churchyard contains

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of a soldier and a Royal Flying Corps airman of the First World War.CWGC Cemetery Report
details from casualty record. Grainthorpe Hall is an early 18th-century red-brick house, which is Grade II listed. Grainthorpe has its own

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, village hall and post office, although the post office is currently open only two days a week in the Church Hall. The Coach house adjacent to the old Mill has been restored, and has re-opened as a village shop and tea room. There is also now a village shop Gilimans, selling supplies and pet food. Prior to this, the village's nearest shops were in the nearby villages of Marshchapel, North Somercotes, and Alvingham. Also sited in the village are playing fields which consist of a

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and cricket pitch.

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Grainthorpe Primary School
* {{authority control Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Villages in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District