St Mary’s Church in Hogsthorpe was built in the 12th century. It is built of limestone with some greenstone banding and patching in chalk and red brick.
The church’s tower houses 6 bells, but the beams are now very weak, so they are no longer rang by pulling ropes, but are instead rung using a system of ropes and pulleys to the hammers which then strike the bells. The bells themselves are stationary.
Inside the church is a rare carved corbel head with a band across both nose and chin. The stained glass window at the west end of the church is of “Our Lord Blessing Little Children”.
The church registers date to 1558, and these registers are deposited in the Lincolnshire Archives.
In 1975, the churchyard was cleared of most of the gravestones. Inscriptions on 307 stones were recorded and deposited in the Lincolnshire Archives. Behind the church are six small gravestones that are for six children of the same family, all of whom died of diphtheria in just one month.
In the front churchyard is the War Memorial with the roll of honour for both 1st and 2nd world wars. It take the form of and obelisk mounted on a plinth, with a three stepped base. This is surrounded by gravel.
“If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list”