Biscathorpe

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title: "Biscathorpe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hamlets-in-lincolnshire", "former-civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "east-lindsey-district", "deserted-medieval-villages-in-lincolnshire"] description: "Ecclesiastical parish and deserted medieval village" topic_path: "general/hamlets-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscathorpe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Ecclesiastical parish and deserted medieval village ::

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Field	Value
static_image_name	Biscathorpe Church - geograph.org.uk - 303956.jpg
static_image_caption	Church of St Helen, Biscathorpe
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Biscathorpe
civil_parish	Gayton le Wold
shire_district	East Lindsey
region	East Midlands
shire_county	Lincolnshire
constituency_westminster	Louth and Horncastle
post_town	LOUTH
postcode_district	LN11
postcode_area	LN
dial_code	01507
os_grid_reference	TF226849
london_distance_mi	125
london_direction	S
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|static_image_name = Biscathorpe Church - geograph.org.uk - 303956.jpg |static_image_width = |static_image_caption = Church of St Helen, Biscathorpe |country = England |coordinates = |official_name= Biscathorpe | population = | population_ref = |civil_parish= Gayton le Wold |shire_district= East Lindsey |region= East Midlands |shire_county = Lincolnshire |constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle |post_town= LOUTH |postcode_district = LN11 |postcode_area= LN |dial_code= 01507 |os_grid_reference= TF226849 | london_distance_mi= 125 | london_direction= S Biscathorpe is an ecclesiastical parish, deserted medieval village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gayton le Wold, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the River Bain, 1 mi south-west of Gayton le Wold, 6.5 mi west of Louth, and to the south of the A157. It is a Conservation Area managed by DEFRA, and is traversed by the Viking Way. In 1931 the parish had a population of 26. On 1 April 1936 the civil parish was abolished and merged with Gayton le Wold.

Biscathorpe has three buildings adjacent to the site of the medieval village, Biscathorpe House, Church Cottage, converted to luxury holiday accommodation in 2013 and the Grade II* listed Anglican parish church dedicated to St Helen. The church was built in the early 1840s, rebuilt in 1850, and restored in 1913. |File:Biscathorpe House - geograph.org.uk - 186166.jpg|Biscathorpe House |File:Old Vicarage, Biscathorpe - geograph.org.uk - 303941.jpg|Church Cottage

Oil and Gas exploration

A Planning Application was submitted by Egdon Resources Plc in August 2013 to drill an oil well to the east of the Biscathorpe fords. Egdon intends to produce conventional oil from the Upper Carboniferous.

References

References

1. link. (2 March 2005 , DEFRA - defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2011)
2. "Population statistics Biscathorpe AP/CP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
3. "Relationships and changes Biscathorpe AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
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5. Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 349; Methuen & Co. Ltd
6. [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Biscathorpe/biscathorpe_churchhist.html "St Helen, Biscathorpe"], [[GENUKI. Genuki]].org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2011

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