Biscathorpe

Biscathorpe
Church of St Helen, Biscathorpe
Biscathorpe Biscathorpe shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF226849
– London	125 mi (201 km) S
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOUTH
Postcode district	LN11
Dialling code	01507
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°20′50″N 0°09′34″W / 53.347155°N 0.159355°W / 53.347155; -0.159355

Biscathorpe is an ecclesiastical parish and site of Biscathorpe medieval village. It lies in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the River Bain, 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Gayton le Wold, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) 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.^[1]

Biscathorpe has three buildings adjacent to the site of the medieval village, Biscathorpe House, the Old Vicarage, converted to luxury holiday accommodation in 2013 and the Grade II* listed Anglican parish church dedicated to St Helen.^[2] The church was built in 1847, rebuilt in 1850,^[3] and restored in 1913.^[4]

Biscathorpe House

Biscathorpe Old Vicarage

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 and gas by fracking the underlying shale horizons.^[5]

References

↑ "Biscathorpe Conservation Walk", DEFRA - defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2011
↑ Historic England. "Church of St Helen (1168152)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 349; Methuen & Co. Ltd
↑ "St Helen, Biscathorpe", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2011
↑ "Fracking? or Keep Fossil Fuel Fossilised", Transitiontownlouth.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2013

External links

Media related to Biscathorpe at Wikimedia Commons
Location map of Biscathorpe
Aerial view of Biscathorpe

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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