# Calcethorpe

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{{Short description|Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
| static_image_name=     Calcethorpe deserted medieval village - geograph.org.uk - 1718789.jpg
| static_image_alt=       
| static_image_caption =   Earthworks at Calcethorpe [deserted medieval village](/source/deserted_medieval_village)
| country =               England
| official_name=          Calcethorpe
| map_alt=                
| coordinates = {{coord|53.380460|-0.124674|display=inline,title}}
| population=             70
| population_ref=         ([2001 census](/source/2001_United_Kingdom_census)) (with Kelstern)
| civil_parish=           [Calcethorpe with Kelstern](/source/Calcethorpe_with_Kelstern)
| shire_district=         [East Lindsey](/source/East_Lindsey)
| shire_county =          [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire)
| region=                 East Midlands
| constituency_westminster= [Louth and Horncastle](/source/Louth_and_Horncastle_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town=              [Louth](/source/Louth%2C_Lincolnshire)
| postcode_district =     LN11
| postcode_area=          LN
| dial_code=              
| os_grid_reference=      TF248887
| london_distance_mi=     130<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances -->
| london_direction=        S
}}
'''Calcethorpe''' is a [hamlet](/source/hamlet_(place)) and [deserted medieval village](/source/deserted_medieval_village) (DMV), in the [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) of [Calcethorpe with Kelstern](/source/Calcethorpe_with_Kelstern), in the [East Lindsey](/source/East_Lindsey) [district](/source/Non-metropolitan_district) of [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), England. It is situated approximately {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} west from the [market town](/source/market_town) of [Louth](/source/Louth%2C_Lincolnshire), and in the [Lincolnshire Wolds](/source/Lincolnshire_Wolds), an [Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty](/source/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty). In 1971 the parish had a population of 27.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10406043/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Calcethorpe AP/CP through time|publisher=[A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time)|accessdate=31 May 2024}}</ref> On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with [Kelstern](/source/Kelstern) to form "Calcethorpe with Kelstern".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/louth.html|title=Louth Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=31 May 2024}}</ref>

Calcethorpe is recorded in the 1086 ''[Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book)'' as having two households and six acres of meadow.<ref>{{cite web|title=Calcethorpe|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF2488/calcethorpe/|work=Domesdaymap.co.uk|publisher=Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull|accessdate=26 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313084807/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF2488/calcethorpe/|archive-date=13 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The church was dedicated to [Saint Faith](/source/Saint_Faith) but had fallen into ruin and disappeared by about 1450, around the same time as the rest of the village was abandoned. The [earthworks](/source/Earthworks_(archaeology)) near Manor Farm are known locally as 'Priests Close' and are the probable site of the church.<ref>{{cite web|title=St Faith's church, Calcethorpe|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/St-Faith-s-church--Calcethorpe/227048.record?pt=S|work=Lincs to the Past|accessdate=26 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mname=Calcethorpe|mnumber=353068|accessdate=26 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1005012|desc=Deserted village (site of) N of Calcethorpe Manor Farm|accessdate=5 July 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Calcethorpe}}

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Category:Deserted medieval villages in Lincolnshire
Category:Former civil parishes in Lincolnshire
Category:East Lindsey District

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