The first chapel on this site was built in 1858, seated 70 and cost £60. After a destructive fire it was replaced by a new building in 1874.

The last service of worship took place in 1970 and the building was later converted into a house.

It is located at NGR TF 422 607 on edge of Thorpe St Peter parish where it borders Halton Holegate parish.

Barry Barton, 1978

The chapel at Thorpe Fendykes was opened in 1923 at a cost of £2000, mainly raise by local small holders.

It was built by Mr J Dean of Burgh le Marsh and was still in use in the 1990s.

It is located at NGR TF 452 605 in Thorpe St Peter parish.

This photograph is thought to have been taken in front of the first Wesleyan Chapel, which seated only 50 and was built here in 1838.

It was demolished in 1920s and the site is now occupied by a large barn.

It is located at NGR TF 451604 in Thorpe St Peter parish - also known as Thorpe St Peter Fen.

Photo of chapel members c.1900

"A List And Brief Details Of Chapels In The Alford, Skegness & Wainfleet Circuit Past And Present" prepared by Colin Shepherdson July 1998 states :-

"i) The first chapel was erected in 1838 and also known as Thorpe St Peters Fen. It is shown on the 1906 6" OS map but the site is now occupied by a large modern barn.

ii) The stone laying for the second chapel took place on the 26.7.1923. The chapel opened on the 23.11.1923 and is still in use with a membership of 10"

Geoff Swain Collection 28 October 2001

Another view of the 1923 chapel located at National Grid Reference TF452605.

The chapel website 25/09/20 states "Our Chapel is in a very sparsely populated, rural area. We have a varied age group, from 13 years to 80 plus. We usually have a congregation of 10 for an ordinary Sunday and at specials can sometimes have as many as 50"

https://eastlincolnshiremethodistcircuit.org.uk/chapels/thorpe-fen-dykes 

Geoff Swain Collection 28 October 2001

The eponymous church of Thorpe St Peter is built largely in the Decorated style.

It is a small and friendly place and is the home of a colony of bats.

Mark Acton

The view of St Peter's from the north-west makes clear the tilting of the tower to the west.

The windows of the clerestory are plain and rectangular ('rough and without pretence', says Pevsner), the work of James Fowler in his 1886-87 restoration.

July 2016

The tower of St Peter's, built of greenstone and limestone like many others in this part of the county, has typical bell-openings.

July 2016

The screen has one-light divisions, each with round arches with ogee arches over and panelled tracery.

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The font is of the Early English period, with trefoiled arches on colonnettes.

There four heads against the underside of the font.

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This is a Jacobean pulpit in oak, complete with original door. It has panelled sides and arabesques.

July 2016

The nave roof is an unsophisticated structure of tie-beams and queen posts. It dates from the Perpendicular period.

On the wall (above the chancel arch) are Royal Arms of the eigthteenth century.

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This window in Perpendicular style dates from the 1866-67 restoration by Fowler.

July 2016

The memorial to the men of the parish who served in the First World War stands in the churchyard.

It was made by J T Turner & Sons of Wainfleet and unveiled by Major Henry George Maddison of Partney Hall on 15 August 1920.

July 2016