St Peter's Church is a church in

Threekingham Threekingham (sometimes ''Threckingham'' or ''Tricengham'') is a village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 233. It is situated on the A52 Grantham to Boston roa ...

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. It is dedicated to St. Peter ad Vincula (St Peter in chains). It became a Grade I

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on 1 February 1967. A Saxon church, mentioned in the

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of 1086, was located here but the Normans began rebuilding the church in 1170. Part of the church, notably the door and porch, is dated to 1310. A sundial on the turret to the left of the porch says "1688 Gifte of Edmond Hutchinson, Gentleman". The church contains three 14th-century tombs, one of which is inscribed "Hic intumulatur Johannes quondam dominus de Trikingham" ('Here is buried John, former lord of Threekingham'). The spire was restored in 1872.

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14th-century church buildings in England Church of England church buildings in Lincolnshire Grade I listed churches in Lincolnshire English churches with Norman architecture {{England-church-stub