{{Short description|Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name= Sandtoft |static_image_name= A long way from Lapland^ - geograph.org.uk - 789346.jpg |static_image_caption= The Reindeer Inn, Sandtoft |coordinates = {{coord|53.564010|-0.874245|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= SE746080 |civil_parish = [[Belton, North Lincolnshire|Belton]] |unitary_england= [[North Lincolnshire]] |lieutenancy_england= [[Lincolnshire]] |region= Yorkshire and the Humber |country= England |constituency_westminster= [[Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme]] |post_town= Doncaster |postcode_district= DN8 |postcode_area= DN |dial_code= 01724 |london_distance_mi= 150<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> |london_direction= S |website= [http://www.beltonparishcouncil.gov.uk/ Belton Parish Council] }}
'''Sandtoft''' is a hamlet in the [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of [[Belton, North Lincolnshire|Belton]], [[North Lincolnshire]], England.
Sandtoft is in [[Hatfield Chase]] on the [[Isle of Axholme]], {{convert|3|mi|0}} north-west from [[Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth]]. The village was served by the [[Isle of Axholme Joint Railway]] with a [[goods station]] serving the former RAF airfield.
In the Middle Ages the [[Benedictine]] [[St Mary's Abbey, York]], had a cell here of a single monk, sometimes referred to as Sandtoft Priory. It was founded by [[Roger de Mowbray (died 1188)|Roger de Mowbray]] sometime between 1147 and 1186 and dissolved around 1291. No physical remains have been discovered.<ref>[https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=59206&resourceID=19191 Historic England. "Monument No. 59206". Research records (formerly PastScape)]. Retrieved 23 November 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lincs/vol2/p130 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The cell of Sandtoft — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (p.130)]. Retrieved 23 November 2025.</ref>
[[RAF Sandtoft]] was an [[RAF Bomber Command]] airfield. It opened in April 1944, closed in November 1945 and was sold for civilian uses in 1955. Today part of the site is [[Sandtoft Airfield]] and [[The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft]], Europe's largest [[trolleybus]] museum, is on another part.
Sandtoft and nearby [[Epworth, Lincolnshire]] were centres of unrest during the 17th draining of [[The Fens]].<ref>[[James Boyce (author)|James Boyce]] ''Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens'', Icon Books, 2020.</ref>
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==Further reading== *{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |authorlink1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Harris |first2=John |authorlink2=John Harris (curator) |year=1964 |title=Lincolnshire |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |location=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn= |page=190}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Sandtoft}} *[http://www.isleofaxholme.net Isle of Axholme website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315171733/http://www.isleofaxholme.net/ |date=15 March 2012 }}
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[[Category:Hamlets in Lincolnshire]] [[Category:Borough of North Lincolnshire]] [[Category:Isle of Axholme]]
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