Dexthorpe

Coordinates: 53°13′22″N 0°06′30″E / 53.222692°N 0.10823661°E / 53.222692; 0.10823661

Dexthorpe
Dexthorpe  Dexthorpe shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF408715
Parish	Dalby
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Spilsby
Postcode district	PE23
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Dexthorpe is a deserted medieval village located in the parish of Dalby, Lincolnshire, England, east of the A16, between the town of Spilsby and the village of Ulceby.

Dexthorpe was mentioned in Domesday Book when it had 23 households. ^[1] However by 1577 it had declined and was recorded as having only a pasture, church and parsonage.^[2][3]

In 1829 Edmund Oldfield wrote in his book A topographical and historical account of Wainfleet in the Wapentake of Candleshoe in the County of Lincoln, that "the inhabitants of Dexthorpe pay church rates to the incumbant of Well", and that the number of inhabitants in Dalby and Dexthorpe in 1801 were 50, in 1811 there were 71 and by 1821 had risen again to 99.^[4] Today the church and village are visible as earthworks.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Dexthorpe". Domesday Map. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF4071/dexthorpe/. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Dexthorpe". Pastscape. English Heritage. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=355612&sort=4&search=all&criteria=Dexthorpe&rational=q&recordsperpage=10. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
3. ^ Beresford M. W. (1954). The Lost Villages of England. Philosophical Library. p. 161. ISBN DA 185, b49 1954b. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015050310427;q1=Dexthorpe;start=1;size=25;page=search;seq=187;num=161. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
4. ^ Oldfield, Edmund (1829). A topographical and historical account of Wainfleet in the Wapentake of Candleshoe in the County of Lincoln.. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Greer. p. 156. ISBN DA690 W12 04. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075906069;q1=Dexthorpe;start=1;size=25;page=search;seq=186;num=156.