Great Sturton is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 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

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, England. It has only twelve houses and fewer than 40 residents. It is approximately 7 miles (11.3 km) from the market town of Horncastle.

The church is dedicated to All Saints

All Saints

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, and is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 11th century. It was restored in 1904 by T. J. Micklethwaite.

Both a middle and a late Bronze Age

Bronze Age

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 spearhead were found at Great Sturton.

There are two deserted medieval village

Deserted medieval village

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s (or DMV) listed for Great Sturton, the first was called Sudtone, the second was the hamlet of Lowthorpe.

It is neighboured by the villages of Sotby

Sotby

Sotby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated north east of the city of Lincoln between the towns of Horncastle and Market Rasen....

, Baumber

Baumber

Baumber is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about four miles north of Horncastle. It lies at the junction of the B1225 and the A158.According to the 2001 census Baumber had a population of 168....

, Hatton

Hatton, Lincolnshire

Hatton is a small village and civil parish east of the town of Wragby, and about north west of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. The village lies just north of the A158....

 and Ranby

Ranby, Lincolnshire

Ranby is a village and civil parish about north west of the town of Horncastle, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England."Randebi" was listed in Domesday Book of 1086 when it consisted of 29 households and had one mill and one church....

.

Sturton Hall

The first Hall is a Grade II listed ruin. The house was deserted in 1810 when the Livesey family bought the manor and built a new Hall in Sturton Park.
The Manor along with neighbouring Baumber

Baumber

Baumber is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about four miles north of Horncastle. It lies at the junction of the B1225 and the A158.According to the 2001 census Baumber had a population of 168....

, once belonged to Thomas Dighton whose daughter and Heiress married Edward Clinton, the second son of the first Earl Of Lincoln, whos successors were the Dukes of Newcastle. These estates remained in the family until they were sold to Thomas Livesey of Blackburn, Lancashire.