Little Cawthorpe is a village and
civil parish
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in the
East Lindsey
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spilsby ...
district
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of
Lincolnshire
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, England. It is situated about south-west from
Legbourne
Legbourne is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about south-east of the town of Louth.
History
The Priory of Legbourne was founded by Robert Fitz Gilbert of Tathwell about 1150, apparently to rec ...
, and south-east from the
market town
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of
Louth Louth may refer to:
Australia
*Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia
* Louth, New South Wales, a town
*Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia
**Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality
Canada
* Louth, Ontario
Ireland
* County ...
.
Little Cawthorpe red-brick church, dedicated to
St Helen, was built in 1860 by R. J. Withers to replace an earlier church. It was declared redundant in 1996 by the
Diocese of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.
History
The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Leices ...
, and is a Grade II
listed building
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.
The Manor House is a small red-brick country house dating from 1673 with some 20th-century alterations and additions, and is Grade II* listed. The gate piers to the Manor House are Grade II listed and also date from 1673, although the wrought iron gates are 20th-century.
The village
public house
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is the 17th-century Royal Oak locally referred to as 'The Splash' due to the long ford that runs adjacent to the premises.
Kenwick Park Golf Club lies to the north of the village.
File:LITTLE CAWTHORPE ST HELENS AND MANOR HOUSE 1916.jpg, Road to St Helen's Church and The Manor House, 1916
File:Ford at Little Cawthorpe, Lincolnshire.jpg, Ford between Watery Lane and Mill Lane
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Villages in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
East Lindsey District