Calcethorpe

{{Short description|Hamlet and deserted medieval village , in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

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

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= Calcethorpe deserted medieval village - geograph.org.uk - 1718789.jpg

| static_image_alt=

| static_image_caption = Earthworks at Calcethorpe deserted medieval village

| country = England

| official_name= Calcethorpe

| map_alt=

| coordinates = {{coord|53.380460|-0.124674|display=inline,title}}

| population= 70

| population_ref= (2001 census) (with Kelstern)

| civil_parish= Calcethorpe with Kelstern

| 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= TF248887

| london_distance_mi= 130

| london_direction= S

}}

Calcethorpe is a hamlet and deserted medieval village (DMV), in the civil parish of Calcethorpe with Kelstern, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} west from the market town of Louth, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In 1971 the parish had a population of 27.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10406043/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Calcethorpe AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 May 2024}} On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Kelstern to form "Calcethorpe with Kelstern".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/louth.html|title=Louth Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=31 May 2024}}

Calcethorpe is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as having two households and six acres of meadow.{{cite web|title=Calcethorpe|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF2488/calcethorpe/|work=Domesdaymap.co.uk|publisher=Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull|accessdate=26 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313084807/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF2488/calcethorpe/|archive-date=13 March 2012|url-status=dead}}

The church was dedicated to Saint Faith but had fallen into ruin and disappeared by about 1450, around the same time as the rest of the village was abandoned. The earthworks near Manor Farm are known locally as 'Priests Close' and the probable site of the church.{{cite web|title=St Faith's church, Calcethorpe|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/St-Faith-s-church--Calcethorpe/227048.record?pt=S|work=Lincs to the Past|accessdate=26 June 2011}}{{PastScape|mname=Calcethorpe|mnumber=353068|accessdate=26 June 2011}}{{NHLE|num=1005012|desc=Deserted village (site of) N of Calcethorpe Manor Farm|accessdate=5 July 2017}}