Biscathorpe

{{Short description|Ecclesiastical parish and site of Biscathorpe medieval village}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2013}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

|static_image_name = Biscathorpe Church - geograph.org.uk - 303956.jpg

|static_image_width =

|static_image_caption = Church of St Helen, Biscathorpe

|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|53.347155|-0.159355|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Biscathorpe

| population =

| population_ref =

|civil_parish= Gayton le Wold

|shire_district= East Lindsey

|region= East Midlands

|shire_county = Lincolnshire

|constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle

|post_town= LOUTH

|postcode_district = LN11

|postcode_area= LN

|dial_code= 01507

|os_grid_reference= TF226849

| london_distance_mi= 125

| london_direction= S

}}

Biscathorpe is an ecclesiastical parish, deserted medieval village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gayton le Wold, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the River Bain, {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} south-west of Gayton le Wold, {{convert|6.5|mi|km|1}} west of Louth, and to the south of the A157. It is a Conservation Area managed by DEFRA, and is traversed by the Viking Way.[http://cwr.defra.gov.uk/DisplayImage.aspx?Type=Mapboard&IFN=246900001.pdf "Biscathorpe Conservation Walk"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050302184455/http://cwr.defra.gov.uk/DisplayImage.aspx?Type=Mapboard&IFN=246900001.pdf |date=2 March 2005 }}, DEFRA - defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2011 In 1931 the parish had a population of 26.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10398563/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Biscathorpe AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=3 September 2023}} On 1 April 1936 the civil parish was abolished and merged with Gayton le Wold.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10398563|title=Relationships and changes Biscathorpe AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=3 September 2023}}

Biscathorpe has three buildings adjacent to the site of the medieval village, Biscathorpe House, Church Cottage, converted to luxury holiday accommodation in 2013 and the Grade II* listed Anglican parish church dedicated to St Helen.{{NHLE|num=1168152 |desc=Church of St Helen|accessdate=29 June 2011}} The church was built in the early 1840s, rebuilt in 1850,Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 349; Methuen & Co. Ltd and restored in 1913.[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Biscathorpe/biscathorpe_churchhist.html "St Helen, Biscathorpe"], Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2011

{{Gallery

|File:Biscathorpe House - geograph.org.uk - 186166.jpg|Biscathorpe House

|File:Old Vicarage, Biscathorpe - geograph.org.uk - 303941.jpg|Church Cottage

}}