Friesthorpe

{{Short description|Settlement and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

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

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

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image = St.Peter's church, Friesthorpe, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 73323.jpg

|static_image_width = 240px

|static_image_caption= Church of St Peter, Friesthorpe

|coordinates = {{coord|53.3366|-0.3910|display=inline,title}}

|official_name =Friesthorpe

|population = 204

|population_ref = (2011)

|shire_district= West Lindsey

|shire_county= Lincolnshire

|metropolitan_borough=

| metropolitan_county =

|region=East Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Gainsborough

|post_town= Lincoln

|postcode_district = LN3

|postcode_area= LN

|dial_code=

|os_grid_reference= TF0783

|london_distance_mi= 110

|london_direction= S

}}

Friesthorpe is a settlement and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Snarford and Snelland) at the 2011 census was 204.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123603&c=Friesthorpe&d=16&e=62&g=6447657&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1464536691253&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=29 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} It is situated {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} south-west from the town of Market Rasen, {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln, and just east from the A46 road.

Friesthorpe Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Peter.{{NHLE|num=1359511 |desc=Church of St Peter|accessdate= 1 August 2011}} The church is of 13th-century origin, and was rebuilt in 1841 except for the tower.Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 129; Methuen & Co. Ltd