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Grimblethorpe is a charming hamlet
six miles from the market town of Louth.
The Hall, of which the cottage is within the grounds of, dates
from the 16th century and the Ranby family have lived there for
the past 70 years.
The hamlet’s name is derived from the Norman Knight Grim,
and it is thought that this is where he had his thorpe or settlement
as quantities of stone implements, dugout canoes and gold ornaments
have been found. Legend has it that the Knight is buried in the
tumulus on the hill, now known as Grim’s Mound.
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Grim's Mound is an ancient bowl barrow is situated
adjacent to the Viking Way 600 metres north, northwest of Grimblethorpe
Hall. Grim’s Mound, 19 metres in diameter and 2.6 metres high,
is a funerary monument dating from the Bronze Age. It was likely that
the barrow would have been constructed of earthen or rubble mounds
and was ditched, covering a single or multiply burial. The deposits
within the monument contain environmental evidence, including human
remains, illustrating the nature of the landscape in which the monument
was originally set.
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The Deserted Medieval Village of South Cadeby
(originally Catebi) was a Saxon Domesday village linked with Grimblethorpe
in Nomina Villarium 1316. It had at that time a population of twelve
people but by 1565 the parish had gone and the place was returned
as a hamlet of Calcethorpe with two families. The earthworks between
Calcethorpe Manor Farm and that of Grimblethorpe Hall (now under the
protection and ownership of the two farms) have been identified as
the remains of the original village of South Cadeby.
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Louth , a charming Wolds market town
lies just six miles from Grimblethorpe. This traditional town has
a bustling centre with market days on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays,
alongside the open-air auction 'on the Stones' every Wednesday afternoon.
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Louth is watched over by the breath-taking
church of St James’s with its spire soaring to a height of 295
feet, the tallest parish church in the country. This unspoilt town
has many connections with historical events, such as the Lincolnshire
Uprising, and with those who have made history including Alfred, Lord
Tennyson, famous Poet Laureate and Captain John Smith whose life was
saved by the Indian Princess Pocahontas.
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