Tathwell is a village in the

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spi ...

district of

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, England. Tathwell is situated approximately south from the

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of Louth. The

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of Dovendale, alongside the

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to the west of the village is in the parish. The hamlet of

Haugham Haugham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south from Louth, Lincolnshire, Louth. The Prime Meridian passes directly through Haugham. History According to ''A Dictionary of Briti ...

lies about south-east of Tathwell.

Cadwell Park Cadwell Park is a motor racing circuit in Lincolnshire, England, south of Louth, owned and operated by MotorSport Vision, a business associated with former racing driver Jonathan Palmer. Sited on former parkland across a steep-sided valley ...

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circuit is about south of Tathwell. Tathwell Church - geograph

The

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, dedicated to Saint Vedast, also houses The Hamby Monument, a wall

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originally constructed around 1620, and later restored by their descendants, the Chaplin family. (Sir John Hamby's daughter Elizabeth married in 1657 John Chaplin, son of Sir Francis Chaplin.) Tathwell Hall at Tathwell was the longtime home of the Chaplin family, a branch of the Chaplin family of Baronets of

Blankney Blankney 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 251. The village is situated approximately south from the city and county town of Linco ...

, who served as MPs for Lincolnshire and who were descended from Sir Francis Chaplin,

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in 1677. The family originated at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. It was through a marriage with the Hamby family that the Chaplins acquired Tathwell. The family became active in Lincolnshire, and in subsequent years many members of the Chaplin family stood for Parliament from Lincolnshire.The House of Commons, 1690-1715, David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley, Cambridge University Press, 2002
Near Cadwell and in Tathwell parish is Tathwell

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. It is surrounded by trees, and in the middle of a field with no footpath, but visible from the road. Tathwell's war memorial cross is sited on a corner of the village main crossroads.

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East Lindsey District Council website
{{Authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District

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