1. History

2. Governance

3. Amenities

4. Transport

5. Sport

6. Notable people

7. References

8. External links

The area is chiefly agricultural but the majority of employed residents work in Grimsby and Cleethorpes or in the industries situated on the Humber bank.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

The name North Thoresby is composed of the given name Thor and the suffix 'by', as with other villages in the area – indicating the influence of the Vikings.^[4] South Thoresby also in Lincolnshire, is to be found to the south of Louth, whilst Thoresby Hall is not located in the area, but in Nottinghamshire some {{convert|50|mi|km|0}} to the west.

History

Evidence was found, just outside the village, that grapes were grown in the area by the Romans^[5] but the claim has been contested.^[6] The Village lies on a Roman road from Cadeby to North Coates, believed to have been a route of salt transportation from the coast to Lincoln.^[1]

North Thoresby is listed in the same Domesday entry as Autby,^[1] and in 1416 it was combined into Thoresby-cum-Autby parish, following the desertion of Autby and the loss of the village church.^[1]

The Anglican parish church, St Helen's,^[7] occupies a site where Christian worship has continued for more than 1,000 years. Like most churches of its age it has seen many alterations from an original simple room{{according to whom|date=May 2012}} to a 15th-century edifice with north and south aisles. The south aisle was demolished in Elizabethan times but remains of it survive inside the church.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} The church includes part of a Saxon grave cover, Tudor bench-ends and Restoration plaques which record the work tradesman such as "putty makers".{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} There is also a memorial tablet to Francis Bond (1852-1918), the late 19th-century authority on Gothic architecture, who was born in the village.^[7] Historically the parish was within Haverstoe, the south division of the Bradley-Haverstoe wapentake, in the North Riding of Lindsey.^[8]

North Thoresby was enclosed in 1839, its Tithe barn still stands having been converted into a private dwelling standing to the east of the rectory.^[1][9]

During the Second World War, on 4 October 1943, an RAF Avro Lancaster ED583 crashed in the village during a test flight from RAF Waltham, killing the crew. A memorial was dedicated to them on 4 September 2005.^[12]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to Ludborough with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,933.^[13]

Amenities

North Thoresby has two public houses (with restaurants), a number of shops, a microbrewery, a used-car sales company, a primary school,^[14] surgery and pharmacy,^[15] a village hall, and facilities for football, cricket and bowls. Both the Parish Council and a voluntary group, The Village People, promote community activities.

Transport

North Thoresby is on the route of regular bus service between Louth and Grimsby. The village is also served by the National Express route between Grimsby and London, and Grimsby and Westward Ho!, stopping on the A16 close to the Halfway House, formerly Marquis of Granby public house. The village's railway station was on the East Lincolnshire Railway line from Louth to Grimsby until closed to passengers in 1970, with all freight movement on the line suspended in 1980 following the Beeching Axe. The line was reopened in part as the Lincolnshire Wolds heritage railway in 2009, which currently runs between the village and Ludborough.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

Sport

North Thoresby and District Bowls Club are an outdoor bowls club affiliated to the English Bowling Federation, and play in four leagues - Grimsby, Skegness, Louth Wold and Lindsey Marsh. The team is based at The Storr Green. Amy Monkhouse, a World Ladies Bowls Champion, first became interested in the game at the club.^[16]

Notable people

• Luke Fawcett, a trade unionist, awarded a knighthood in 1948.^[17]
• Thomas Kendall, a New Zealand missionary and recorder of the Māori language.^[18]
• Robert Mapletoft, an English churchman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge and Dean of Ely.^[19]

References

• Webster et al. 1967 A Possible Vineyard of the Romano-British period at North Thoresby, Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. No. 2

External links

• {{Commons category-inline|North Thoresby}}
• "NorthThoresby", Genuki.org.uk
• VisitorUK.com
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20121106180901/http://picasaweb.google.com/kv9999e50ster/NorthThoresbyArchaeologicalFinds Archaeological finds from North Thoresby], Picasaweb.google.com
• North Thoresby, Grainsby and Waithe Parish Council page at Lincolnshire Council
• A Vision of Britain through Time: North Thoresby historical population

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