Thorpe St Peter

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

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

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

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= St Peter, Thorpe St Peter - geograph.org.uk - 446447.jpg

| static_image_alt=

| static_image_caption= St Peter's Church, Thorpe St Peter

| country = England

| official_name= Thorpe St Peter

| map_alt=

| coordinates = {{coord|53.122815|0.216230|display=inline,title}}

| label_position = bottom

| population= 320

| population_ref= (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129621&c=PE23+5BB&d=16&e=62&g=6445960&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1439909956868&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=18 August 2015}}

| shire_district= East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Boston and Skegness

| post_town= Skegness

| postcode_district = PE24

| postcode_area= PE

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= TF484606

| london_distance_mi= 115

| london_direction= S

}}

Thorpe St Peter is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about {{convert|1|mi|km}} north-west from the town of Wainfleet.

Thorpe is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 33 households, two mills and a church.{{OpenDomesday|OS=TF4860|name=thorpe-st-peter|display=Thorpe St Peter|accessdate=14 August 2011}}

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Peter is a Grade I listed building dating from 1200 with later additions and alterations, and restored in the 19th century. It is built of greenstone and limestone. The west tower dates from the mid-14th century, and there is an early 13th-century font.{{NHLE|num=1223796|desc=Church of St Peter, Thorpe St Peter|access-date=14 August 2011}}

Thorpe Culvert railway station was opened here in 1873.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=507093|mname= Thorpe Culvert railway station|access-date=14 August 2011}}

The Quincey pumping station on Culvert Road dates from 1938, and is operated by the Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board.{{cite web |title=Pumping stations to open their doors for Heritage Open Days 2024 |url=https://www.ada.org.uk/2024/08/pumping-stations-to-open-their-doors-for-heritage-open-days-2024/ |website=Association of Drainage Authorities |access-date=26 January 2025}}

Sport

Thorpe St Peter is home to the Wainfleet & District Sporting Motorcycle Club. It hosts Motorcycle Grasstrack Racings International Lincolnshire Poacher and in 2011 held the European Grasstrack Championship Final.

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