{{Short description|Civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = Elkington | civil_parish = Elkington | coordinates = {{Coord|53.394052|N|0.067918|W|display=inline}} | population = 243 | population_ref = (2011 Census)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123146&c=LN11+0QR&d=16&e=62&g=6446035&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1440069349010&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref> | shire_district = East Lindsey | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Louth and Horncastle | post_town = Louth | postcode_district = LN11 | postcode_area = LN | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = TF296883 | london_distance_mi = 130<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction = S | static_image = Church Hall^ - geograph.org.uk - 383166.jpg | static_image_caption = North Elkington }}
'''Elkington''' is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It comprises the village of South Elkington, and the hamlets of North Elkington, Boswell, and Thorpe, and is situated approximately {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} north-west from the market town of Louth.
==South Elkington== {{Coord|53.3764890|N|0.0517934|W|display=inline}} {{multiple image | align = left | direction = vertical | header = South Elkington | header_align = center | header_background = | width = 120 | image1 = All Saints Church South Elkington - geograph.org.uk - 95410.jpg | width1 = 120 | caption1 = All Saints' church | image2 = South Elkington - geograph.org.uk - 637218.jpg | width2 = 120 | caption2 = South Elkington village }} The parish church is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to All Saints, built using chalk, ironstone, and limestone, and dating from the 13th century, with a 15th-century font. The nave was rebuilt in 1843, and the chancel in 1873.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1359950|desc=All Saints, South Elkington|access-date=14 August 2011}}</ref>
The base and part of the shaft of a scheduled stone cross are in the churchyard. The cross is medieval in date and is constructed of limestone.<ref>{{cite PastScape|mnumber=353011|mname= Cross in All Saints churchyard|access-date=14 August 2011}} </ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1018293|desc=Cross in All Saints Churchyard|access-date=14 August 2011| fewer-links=x}}</ref>
Born in South Elkington was racing driver of the 1930s and 1940s, Charles Brackenbury. He operated a garage close to Brooklands Racetrack.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
==North Elkington== {{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | header = North Elkington | header_align = center | header_background = | width = 120 | image1 = North Elkington - geograph.org.uk - 383176.jpg | width1 = 120 | caption1 = North Elkington village | image2 = North Elkington DMV - geograph.org.uk - 479010.jpg | width2 = 120 | caption2 = Earthworks of medieval village }}
The Grade II listed former parish church (now closed) was dedicated to Saint Helen and built 1851-52 and by S. S. Teulon in Early English style. Built into both the side walls of the porch are 13th-century coffin lid fragments.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1307131|desc=St Helens church, North Elkington|access-date=14 August 2011| fewer-links=x}}</ref> It has been sold and is now in private ownership.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
==Boswell== {{Coord|53.395409|N|0.079578|W|display=inline}}
Boswell has a scheduled Bronze Age Bowl Barrow, north of "Cocked Hat Plantation".<ref>{{NHLE|num=1017877|desc=Boswell Bowl Barrow (Scheduled)|access-date=14 August 2011| fewer-links=x}}</ref>
==Thorpe== {{Coord|53.377978|N|0.044787|W|display=inline}}
'''Thorpe Hall''', in Thorpe hamlet, is a Grade II* listed Country House.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1168252|desc=Thorpe Hall|access-date=14 August 2011| fewer-links=x}}</ref> The Hall was built in 1584 for Sir John Bolle who lived there until his death in 1606 and is buried in Haugh Church. A 17th-century pigeoncote at Thorpe Hall is also Grade II listed,<ref>{{NHLE|num=1168271|desc=Pigeoncote|access-date=14 August 2011| fewer-links=x}}</ref> as is an 18th-century wrought iron gateway.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1063148|desc=Gateway at Thorpe Hall|access-date=14 August 2011| fewer-links=x}}</ref>
From 1895 to 1906, Thorpe Hall was owned by Captain Julius Tennyson, nephew of the Poet Laureate, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Captain Langston Brackenbury, MP for Louth, bought the Hall in 1906 and lived there until 1920. In the Second World War, Thorpe Hall housed evacuees and was later requisitioned as an Army Officers' Mess. After the war it was a Diocesan healing centre. Later it was home to Lady Evelyn Patrick, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Lovelace.<ref>{{cite news|title=Historic mansion steeped in legends|url=http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/features/historic-mansion-steeped-in-legends-1-1009593|newspaper=Louth Leader|date=2 April 2003}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Elkington, Lincolnshire}}
{{GeoGroup}} {{Portal bar|England|United Kingdom}} {{Lincolnshire|state=collapsed}} {{East Lindsey (district) |state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Category:East Lindsey District