Sausthorpe
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Sausthorpe is a village in the valley of the River Lymn
in the Lincolnshire Wolds
, England. It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of the town of Spilsby
.
The parish church
is dedicated to St Andrew and is a grade II listed building built in 1842 by Charles Kirk on the site of an earlier medieval church.
Fr. T. Pelham Dale
SSC
, famous for having been prosecuted and imprisoned for Ritualist practices in 1876 and 1880 (and is thus regarded as something of a martyr by Anglo-Catholics), was the parish priest from 1881-1892. He is buried in the churchyard
.
Sausthorpe Hall is a late 18th century grade II listed country house, extended and remodelled in 1822.
The Old Hall is a grade II* listed 15th century house with 16th and 18th century alterations. It consists of render over red brick with remains of a timber frame.
River Lymn
The River Lymn is a river in Lincolnshire, England. It rises in the Wolds on the eastern slope of Castcliffe Hill in Fulletby parish. It flows south-eastwards to the Lincolnshire Marsh, where it becomes known as the Steeping River on the boundary of Great Steeping parish...
in the Lincolnshire Wolds
Lincolnshire Wolds
The Lincolnshire Wolds is a range of hills in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , and the highest area of land in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent...
, England. It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of the town of Spilsby
Spilsby
Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in Lincolnshire. England. The town is situated adjacent to the main A16 Trunk Road at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds north of the Fenlands, east of the county town of Lincoln, north east of Boston and north west from Skegness.The town has...
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The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
is dedicated to St Andrew and is a grade II listed building built in 1842 by Charles Kirk on the site of an earlier medieval church.
Fr. T. Pelham Dale
T. Pelham Dale
Thomas Pelham Dale was an English Anglo-Catholic ritualist clergyman, most famous for being prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist practices-Biography:...
SSC
Society of the Holy Cross
The Society of the Holy Cross is an international Anglo-Catholic society of priests with members in the Anglican Communion, the Continuing Anglican Movement and the Roman Catholic Church's Anglican Use...
, famous for having been prosecuted and imprisoned for Ritualist practices in 1876 and 1880 (and is thus regarded as something of a martyr by Anglo-Catholics), was the parish priest from 1881-1892. He is buried in the churchyard
Churchyard
A churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself. In the Scots language or Northern English language this can also be known as a kirkyard or kirkyaird....
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Sausthorpe Hall is a late 18th century grade II listed country house, extended and remodelled in 1822.
The Old Hall is a grade II* listed 15th century house with 16th and 18th century alterations. It consists of render over red brick with remains of a timber frame.