Elsthorpe - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Elsthorpe is a hamlet

Hamlet

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in the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

of Edenham, Grimsthorpe, Elsthorpe and Scottlethorpe

Edenham, Grimsthorpe, Elsthorpe and Scottlethorpe

Edenham, Grimsthorpe, Elsthorpe and Scottlethorpe is a civil parish in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is principally based around the river and valley of the East Glen which flows through Edenham.-Geology:...

, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of Corby

Corby

Corby Town is a town and borough located in the county of Northamptonshire. Corby Town is 23 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton. The borough had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure...

, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England.

Today the hamlet lies about 0.75 miles (1.2 km) from the earthworks of Elsthorpe deserted medieval village

Deserted medieval village

In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the convention is to regard the site as deserted; if there are more...

or DMV. These consist of a sunken road, building sites, and fish ponds on a hill ridge.

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