Cawkwell

{{Short description|Hamlet and former civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

{{for|people of this name|Cawkwell (surname)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

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

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Cawkwell

| static_image_name= Cawkwell - geograph.org.uk - 520304.jpg

| static_image_caption= Cawkwell bridleway

| country= England

| region= East Midlands

| os_grid_reference= TF281797

| map_alt=

| coordinates = {{coord|53.299134|-0.078728|display=inline,title}}

| post_town= Louth

| postcode_area= LN

| postcode_district= LN11

| dial_code=

| constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle

| civil_parish= Scamblesby

| shire_district= East Lindsey

| shire_county= Lincolnshire

| london_distance_mi= 125

| london_direction= S

}}

Cawkwell is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Scamblesby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} south-west from the town of Louth, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In 1961 the parish had a population of 35.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10407473/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Cawkwell CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=3 September 2023}} On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Scamblesby.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/horncastle.html|title=Horncastle Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=3 September 2023}}

Cawkwell is a deserted medieval village first mentioned in 1354.

Cawkwell parish church was dedicated to Saint Peter. It was still standing in 1872 but had disappeared by 1924, with parts of it used to restore the church at Scamblesby.{{cite web|title=Cawkwell|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/DESERTED-MEDIEVAL-VILLAGE-OF-CAWKWELL-/227524.record?pt=S|work=Lincs to the Past|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|accessdate=30 June 2011}}{{PastScape|mname=Cawkwell|mnumber=352878|accessdate=30 June 2011}} Cawkwell House is a Grade II listed building dating from 1825 and built of brick with a slate roof.{{NHLE|num= 1063687|desc=Cawkwell House, Louth Road|accessdate=21 July 2013}}