In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorpe St Peter like this:
THORPE-ST PETER, a parish, with a scattered village, in Spilsby district, Lincoln; 1½ mile NNW of Wainfleet, and 2½ ESE of Firsby r. station. Post town, Wainfleet, under Boston. Acres, 2,880. Real property, £6,242. Pop., 593. Houses, 124. The manor belongs to B. Reynardson, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £340. Patron, W. Hopkinson, Esq. The church is good. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and charities £5.
Thorpe St Peter through time
Thorpe St Peter is now part of East Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorpe St Peter itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorpe St Peter, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13968
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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