Caythorpe is a village and

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in the

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. Its council is based in Grantham. The district also includes the towns of Bourne, ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England. The population at 2011 census was 1,374. It is situated on the A607, approximately south from

Leadenham __NOTOC__ Leadenham is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 410. It lies north of Grantham, south of Lincoln and north west of Slea ...

and north from

Grantham Grantham () is a market town and civil parish 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 (Great Britain), A1 road. It lies south of Lincoln, England ...

. Caythorpe Heath stretches east of the village to

Ermine Street Ermine Street is a major Roman road in England that ran from London (''Londinium'') to Lincoln ('' Lindum Colonia'') and York ('' Eboracum''). The Old English name was ''Earninga Strǣt'' (1012), named after a tribe called the ''Earninga ...

and

Byards Leap Byard's Leap is a hamlet in the civil parish of Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately west from Cranwell. The hamlet is associated with various legends. B ...

Arnhem heritage

Caythorpe is known for the soldiers based in the village during the Second World War. The 1st Airborne Signals Regiment took part in Operation Market Garden and fought for the bridges of Arnhem against the Nazis. Survivors of the

Battle of Arnhem The Battle of Arnhem was fought during the Second World War, as part of the Allies of World War II, Allied Operation Market Garden. It took place around the Netherlands, Dutch city of Arnhem and vicinity from 17 to 26 September 1944. The Alli ...

return to the village every late summer with the 216 Signals Regiment for Arnhem Weekend. There is a church service held in St Vincent's Church, a Gala, parade through the village of the veterans and soldiers and other events in the village. The Paratroopers HQ was Holy Cross House to the south of the village which no longer stands (which was known to be haunted by ‘the grey lady’), now there is a small housing estate. There is a stained glass window memorial in St Vincent's Church.

Anglo-Saxon and Norman history

Before the

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, Aelric (son of Mergeat) was the lord of the parish. After the Conquest of England by

William the Conqueror William the Conqueror (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was D ...

the lord (as recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book) was Robert de Vessey. He was most likely rewarded with land by King William I after the invasion as he didn't own land prior. The

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noted that Caythorpe was in the hundred of Lovden and had a population of 172 (top 20% of settlements recorded).

Village

Caythorpe

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listed

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parish church is dedicated to St Vincent. The church has a wide double

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divided by Geometric (early Decorated) piers. The central tower supports a

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ed spire rising to 156 feet.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 97; Methuen & Co. Ltd Within the church are monuments to the Hussey family, dated 1698 and 1725, and over the tower arch are remains of paintings of the

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, The churchyard cross, restored in 1906, is a scheduled ancient monument. Grade II* listed

Caythorpe Court Caythorpe Court is a Grade II* listed former Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom#Hunting lodge, hunting lodge situated about one mile to the east of Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England. It was originally built in 1901 for Edgar Lubbock, a bre ...

lies on the northern edge of the village; it was built between 1824 and 1827 in the

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. The park wall is all that remains of the earlier house, the seat of the Hussey family. The Red Lion and the Waggon and Horses are the two village

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s. There was once served by a

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on the

Grantham and Lincoln railway line The Grantham and Lincoln railway line was a line in Lincolnshire, built by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), Great Northern Railway to shorten the distance between the town of Grantham and city of Lincoln. It had already formed a network ...

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has had its registered office in the village since 2008.

Agricultural college

, to the east of the village, was built as a hunting lodge, used in the Second World War as an auxiliary hospital and from 1946 it was

Kesteven The Parts of Kesteven ( or ) are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England. This division had long had a separate county administration (quarter sessions), along with the two other Parts of Lincolnshire, Lindsey and Holland. Etymology T ...

Agricultural College – the only college of its type in south-west Lincolnshire, recognised nationally for its excellence in agricultural engineering. In 1980 it became part of Lincolnshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture, and in 1994 was taken over by

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. When Riseholme Agricultural College, also part of De Montfort, was adopted by the new

University of Lincoln The University of Lincoln is a public university, public research university in Lincoln, England, Lincoln, England, with origins dating back to 1861. It gained university status in 1992 and its present name in 2001. The main campus is in the hea ...

in 2001, Caythorpe was subsumed into Lincoln as the Lincolnshire School of Agriculture. The school closed in September 2002, after which the building became a PGL activity centre.

Notable people

Edmund Weaver, 18th-century astronomer and land agent, lived at Frieston. He was buried at St Vincent's Church, where his memorial is placed in the south chancel.

George Hussey Packe George Hussey Packe (1 May 1796 – 2 July 1874) was a United Kingdom Member of Parliament, an army officer present at the Battle of Waterloo, and was instrumental in establishing the Great Northern Railway. Personal life George Hussey Packe ...

(1796–1874), MP for the Southern Division of the County of Lincolnshire and Chairman of the Great Northern Railway, built and lived at Caythorpe Hall and provided the village school and patronage for St Vincent's Church. Wright, Neil R. (1982); Lincolnshire Towns and Industry 1700–1914; History of Lincolnshire Committee for the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology.

Gallery

File:View towards Caythorpe - geograph.org.uk - 473392.jpg, View towards Caythorpe from the south-west File:Gorse Hill Lane and the Caythorpe Low Fields - geograph.org.uk - 256859.jpg, Caythorpe Low Fields File:Farmland off Gorse Hill Lane - geograph.org.uk - 256862.jpg, Gorse Hill Lane

References

External links

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Caythorpe and Frieston Parish Council
Lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2011
"Village fights asylum plan"

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