Londonthorpe is a village to the east of

Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...

, in the civil parish of

Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without is a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 4,344, in 1743 households, increasing to a population of 5,133 at the 2011 census. ...

, in

South Kesteven South Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne, Grantham, Market Deeping and Stamford, Li ...

district of

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, England. It lies to the north-east from Grantham, to the west from the B6403 (

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Roman road), and borders Belton Park in the west. The village is part of the

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. Until 1931 Londonthorpe had been a civil parish in its own right. According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'' 'Londonthorpe' derives from the Old Scandinavian ''lundr+thorp'', meaning an "outlying farmstead or hamlet by a grove." In the ''

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'' account the village is written as "Lundertorp." The parish is centred on

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listed

Harrowby Hall Harrowby Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Harrowby, Lincolnshire, England. The Hall was the family home of the Ryder family and the former home of Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby. It was purchased from the Rolt family by Sir Dudley ...

,"History of the Parish"
''Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without Parish Council'',

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. Retrieved 19 June 2011 Londonthorpe previously being an

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of Harrowby Estate. The village listed buildings include The Grange farm house, the Manor House, and various other houses and cottages.British Listed Buildings: Londonthorpe
Retrieved 19 June 2011 Listed buildings within the larger Londonthorpe and Harrowby parish include the Officer's Mess of the Second World War

RAF Spitalgate Royal Air Force Spitalgate or more simply RAF Spitalgate formerly known as RFC Grantham and RAF Grantham was a Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station, located south east of the centre of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England fronting onto th ...

, and buildings and structures within Belton Park. The Grade II*

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parish church is dedicated to St John Baptist, the tower of which dates to the early 13th century and parts of the

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to the 15th. The church was rebuilt with a new roof in 1850, with considerable further

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taking place in 1879.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire''. Methuen & Co. Ltd., p. 218 The churchyard contains the

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s of 32

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armed service personnel of the First World War, at which time an army training camp existed at Belton Park to the west.Londonthorpe (St John the Baptist) Churchyard

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. Retrieved 17 January 2015

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of unknown origin lie to the west of the church HARROWBY SETTLEMENTS

Londonthorpe Wood, created in 1993 by the

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, and Alma Park Wood are within the parish to the west. The parish also includes

Prince William of Gloucester Barracks Prince William of Gloucester Barracks is a military installation near Grantham in Lincolnshire. History The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Spitalgate airbase, in October 1976, as the new Central Volunteer Headquarters f ...

(previously

) and parts of eastern Grantham, particularly Alma Park Industrial Estate. During the 1930s the parish was a centre for the

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where unemployed Durham and South Wales miners were offered specially built cottages with

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of land and livestock, to encourage self-sufficiency."Land Settlement Association"

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. Retrieved 18 August 2011

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* {{Authority control Grantham Villages in Lincolnshire Former civil parishes in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District