High Toynton

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}

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

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|country= England

|coordinates= {{coord|53.210760|-0.07873|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= High Toynton

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|static_image_name= St.John the Baptist's church, High Toynton, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 76173.jpg

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|static_image_caption= Church of St John the Baptist, High Toynton, showing the bell tower which collapsed in January 2020

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|shire_district= East Lindsey

|shire_county= Lincolnshire

|region= East Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle

|post_town= HORNCASTLE

|postcode_district= LN9

|postcode_area= LN

|dial_code= 01507

|os_grid_reference= TF284699

|london_distance_mi= 115

|london_direction= S

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High Toynton is a village and civil parish[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/HighToynton/ "High Toynton"], Genuki.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=13987 "High Toynton Lincolnshire"], A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 October 2011 in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} east from the town of Horncastle, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

High Toynton is one of the Thankful Villages that did not suffer fatalities during the First World War.{{cite web|title=High Toynton Thankful Village|url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/TV/hightoynton.htm|work=Thankful Villages|publisher=Norman Thorpe, Rod Morris and Tom Morgan|access-date=11 July 2011}}

Around the village has been found evidence of Medieval, Roman or earlier Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=1051062|mname=High Toynton |access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite PastScape|mnumber=893126|access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite PastScape|mnumber=1377095|access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite PastScape|mnumber=352757|access-date=24 October 2011}}

In 1885 Kelly's noted the existence of a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1840. The Lord of the Manor was James Banks Stanhope DL JP of Revesby Abbey. High Toynton covered an area of {{convert|1,054|acre|km2}} with chief agricultural production of wheat, barley, oats, seeds and turnips, and an 1881 population of 133.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 690

The parish church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, was rebuilt in 1872 of greenstone by Ewan Christian, who reused 12th-century fragments from the previous church erected in 1779. It is a Grade II listed building.{{NHLE|num=1062998|desc=Church of St John the Baptist, High Toynton|access-date=11 July 2011}} The church tower collapsed in January 2020, and £200,000 National Lottery Heritage Funding towards rebuilding was allocated in July 2022.[https://www.lincolnshireworld.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/delight-and-relief-as-collapsed-church-received-ps200000-funding-to-rebuild-3754956 'Delight and relief' as collapsed church received £200,000 funding to rebuild] lincolnshireworld.com, 6 July 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022

There are two Grade II listed thatched dwellings in High Toynton: an 18th-century mud and stud cottage,{{NHLE|num=1168167|desc=Thatched Cottage|access-date=11 July 2011}} and a similar red-brick-encased house.{{NHLE|num=1360003|desc=Thatched House|access-date=11 July 2011}}