- Althorpe
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- See also Althorp, Northamptonshire.
Coordinates: 53°34′39″N 0°44′27″W / 53.5775°N 0.7407°W
Althorpe 
Keadby Bridge
Althorpe
Althorpe shown within LincolnshirePopulation 1,752 (2001 census with Keadby) OS grid reference SE797101 Unitary authority North Lincolnshire Ceremonial county Lincolnshire Region Yorkshire and the Humber Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Scunthorpe Postcode district DN17 4 Dialling code 01724 Police Humberside Fire Humberside Ambulance East Midlands EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber UK Parliament Scunthorpe List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire Althorpe is a small village lying on the A18 four miles west of Scunthorpe, in North Lincolnshire, England. To the west of Althorpe is the town of Crowle.
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Geography
The village lies within the civil parish of Keadby with Althorpe which includes the hamlet of Derrythorpe to the south. To the south of the village is the large civil parish of Belton, North Lincolnshire, and next to the River Trent is part of West Butterwick. It is one of twelve parishes in the Isle of Axholme, and before 1996 was in the Boothferry district of Humberside. It is in the Axholme North ward of North Lincolnshire. There used to be only eight parishes in the Isle of Axholme. Amcotts was created from part of Althorpe in 1850.
King George V bridge
Main article: Keadby BridgeThe King George V Swing Bridge (also known as Keadby Bridge) crosses the River Trent near Althorpe to connect the Isle of Axholme to Scunthorpe and the rest of North Lincolnshire. The A18 crosses the bridge, and until the M180 (a mile to the south) opened in 1979, this was the main east-west route to Grimsby (through Scunthorpe). The A18 previously went through the village but was diverted to the north-west.
Village
Althorpe Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Oswald.[1] Built in 1483 by Sir John Neville, it is of Perpendicular style. During a restoration in 1868 sedilia (stone seats) were found to have been erected on a marble slab dedicated to 14th century rector William de Lound.[2]
The ecclesiastical parish covers the approximate area of the civil parish, with St Oswald's church shared with Keadby in the combined parish of Keadby with Althorpe. The parish group of churches includes those at Amcotts and Belton.
St Oswald's church[3] is in the older part of Althorpe. Althorpe and Keadby Primary School (opened in 1975), and the Post Office,[4] are in the newer part near the bridge over the River Trent. The village pub is The Dolphin.[5]
Althorpe railway station, which lies to the north of the village on the Doncaster to Cleethorpes Line, is closer to Keadby.
Vermuyden
The 1620s Vermuyden's scheme for drainage of the Isle of Axholme and Hatfield Chase had two phases:
- The southern arm of the River Torne was blocked. The course of the other arm was straightened by cutting a drain, and its waters emptied through a sluice into the River Trent at Althorpe.
- A second long drain was cut from Idlestop to Dirtness. This ran parallel to the Torne River and the water was sluiced into the River Trent at Althorpe.
In the early 19th century an addition outfall (the Folly Drain) was constructed at Derrythorpe. At a later stage these outfalls were replaced by a new outfall for 'the three rivers' at Keadby.
References
- ^ "Church of St Oswald", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage; retrieved 21 July 2011
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 44; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ^ [httpSt Oswald's church://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/99406 St Oswald's Althorpe]; geograph.org.uk; retrieved 23 June 2011
- ^ Keadby Post Office, geograph.org.uk; retrieved 23 June 2011
- ^ The Dolphin Inn, Althorpe, geograph.org.uk; retrieved 23 June 2011
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Categories:- Villages in Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
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