Londonthorpe is a village 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. I ...

, 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. 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. It lies to the north-east 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 ...

, to the west from the B6403 (

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Roman road), and borders Belton Park in the west. In 1921 the parish had a population of 183. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without". 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 enlarged parish includes the

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

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. Retrieved 19 June 2011 formerly the family home of the Ryder family. Londonthorpe was an

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of the Belton 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* listed 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 restoration 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 Earthworks, presumed to be remains of a garden terrace. 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 (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 smallholdings 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 Villages in Lincolnshire Former civil parishes in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District Areas of Grantham