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Scottlethorpe is a village 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. It is situated approximately north-west from Bourne, and on the
A151 road The A151 road is relatively minor part of the British road system. It lies entirely in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Its western end lies at coordinates otherwise, . The A151: summary In the early 19th century, the A151 would have bee ...
. The village is within the
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
Edenham Edenham ( ) is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately north-west of Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne, and on the A151 road. While the civil parish is calle ...
; the local area is part of the
Grimsthorpe Castle Grimsthorpe Castle is a country house in Lincolnshire, England north-west of Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne on the A151 road, A151. It lies within a 3,000 acre (12 km2) park of rolling pastures, lakes, and woodland landscaped by Capability B ...
estate. The modern settlement is a series of cottages and a small terrace of houses extending along Scottlethorpe Lane between the modern village of
Edenham Edenham ( ) is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately north-west of Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne, and on the A151 road. While the civil parish is calle ...
and the site of the medieval chapel. Scottlethorpe is mentioned in the ''
Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
'' as "Scachertorp" within the
Beltisloe Beltisloe is a Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln in England, and a former Wapentake. The Wapentake of Beltisloe was established as an ancient administrative division of the English county of Lincolnshire before the Norman Conquest of 1066.
wapentake A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and in Cumberland County in the British Colony of ...
, and consisting of 3 households and 1.3 ploughlands. In 1086 the
Lord of the Manor Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a historical rural estate. The titles date to the English Feudalism, feudal (specifically English feudal barony, baronial) system. The ...
and
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became Robert of Tosny. There were medieval chapels in the area, one at Scottlethorpe, and others wider afield. The remains of the 12th-century chapel at Scottlethorpe survived as part of a barn at Manor Farm. However, the barn doorway might have come not from the chapel, but from Vaudey Abbey, The doorway was moved into Edenham church in 1967.


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* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District