Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire

Buslingthorpe
St Michael's Church in Buslingthorpe
Buslingthorpe is located in Lincolnshire
Buslingthorpe
Buslingthorpe
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF0885
• London130 mi (210 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLincoln
Postcode districtLN3
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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53°21′N 0°22′W / 53.35°N 00.37°W / 53.35; -00.37

Buslingthorpe is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is half a mile east of the A46 at Faldingworth and 3 miles (5 km) south-west from Market Rasen.

The hamlet is approximately 3 square miles (7.8 km2) in area and comprises a moat, one farm, St Michael's Church (now disused but open to the public) and approximately 20 houses. A large manor house was constructed in approximately 2010 on the land of two demolished houses.[citation needed]

A writer in Notes and Queries in 1932 noted that the Buslingthorpe (shared with Buslingthorpe, Leeds and Buckfastleigh, Devon) contains 13 different letters, exactly half the alphabet, with none repeated and no hyphenation: a heterogram, and wondered whether that was unique.[1] In 2007 David Crystal noted that Bricklehampton surpasses this with 14 unique letters.[2]

  1. ^ Askew, H. (26 November 1932). "Buslingthorpe Place-Name". Notes and Queries. clxiii: 389. doi:10.1093/nq/CLXIII.nov26.389a.
  2. ^ Crystal, David (18 May 2007). "What's so special about Bricklehampton?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 November 2020.