{{Short description|Village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name= Estate cottages, Scottlethorpe road - geograph.org.uk - 176405.jpg | static_image_alt= | static_image_caption= Stone-built estate cottages | country = England | official_name= Scottlethorpe | map_alt= | coordinates = {{coord|52.7800|-0.4260|display=inline,title}} | population= | population_ref= | civil_parish= Edenham | shire_district= South Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= Gainsborough | post_town= Bourne | postcode_district = PE10 | postcode_area= PE | dial_code= | os_grid_reference= TF062214 | london_distance_mi= 90<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction= S }}
'''Scottlethorpe''' is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|3|mi|km|1}} north-west from Bourne, and on the A151 road. The village is within the civil parish of Edenham; the local area is part of the Grimsthorpe Castle estate. thumb|left|80px|Signpost in Scottlethorpe The modern settlement is a series of cottages and a small terrace of houses extending along Scottlethorpe Lane between the modern village of Edenham and the site of the medieval chapel.
Scottlethorpe is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Scachertorp" within the Beltisloe wapentake, and consisting of 3 households and 1.3 ploughlands. In 1086 the Lord of the Manor and Tenant-in-chief became Robert of Tosny.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|OS=TF0520|name=scottlethorpe|display=Scottlethorpe|accessdate=22 May 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?searchtype=quicksearch&query=scottlethorpe&catid=24&pagenumber=1&querytype=1&mediaarray=* "Documents Online: Scottlethorpe, Lincolnshire"], Folio: 367r, ''Great Domesday Book''; The National Archives. Retrieved 22 May 2012</ref>
There were medieval chapels in the area, one at Scottlethorpe, and others wider afield. The remains of the 12th-century chapel at Scottlethorpe survived as part of a barn at Manor Farm. However, the barn doorway might have come not from the chapel, but from Vaudey Abbey,<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=348455|mname=Chapel at Scottlethorpe|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref> The doorway was moved into Edenham church in 1967.<ref name="NHLE1146587">{{National Heritage List for England| num=1146587 |desc=Church of St. Michael and All Angels |grade=I |accessdate=21 July 2016}}</ref> {{clear left}}
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Scottlethorpe}}
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Category:Villages in Lincolnshire Category:South Kesteven