Calcethorpe with Kelstern
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Calcethorpe with Kelstern is a civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the East Lindsey
East Lindsey
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

 district of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England.

The parish includes the hamlets of Calcethorpe
Calcethorpe
Calcethorpe is a hamlet and deserted medieval village, or DMV, about west of the town of Louth, Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Calcethorpe with Kelstern....

 to the south of Kelstern
Kelstern
Kelstern is a village in the civil parish of Calcethorpe with Kelstern, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village lies north of the A632, north-west from Louth and south-east from Binbrook. The parish includes the hamlets of Calcethorpe to the south of Kelstern, and...

, and Lambcroft to the north. The Kelstern with Calcethorpe parish is now incorporated into the larger grouping of the Binbrook
Binbrook
Binbrook is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the B1203 almost 8 miles northeast of Market Rasen.Previously a larger market town, it now has a population of about 700....

 Group of Parishes.

Calcethorpe church was dedicated to Saint Faith but had disappeared by about 1450.

Kelstern Grade II listed parish church is also dedicated to St Faith and is Early English in origin, but was restored in 1886.
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