A parade of decorated bicycles at a garden fete.

Undated postcard.

St Lawrence's is an early 13th century church, rebuilt in 1868.

The lancet windows of the chancel are all 19th century.

June 2015

The three bays of the south arcade of the early 13th century building can be seen in the nave wall.

The windows and porch are 19th century, though the Early English inner doorway of the porch has been retained.

The mixed stone (chalk, ironstone, limestone) used in the 19th century reconstruction of the church has given an odd chequer-board effect,

June 2015

St Lawrence's once had a slender tower. This was replaced in Victorian times by the present gabled bellcote.

The former north arcade with its two bays can be traced in the nave wall.

June 2015

View of St Lawrence's church at a time when the churchyard was untended.

Jews' Court collection, 1977

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1937 states :-

"The church of St. Lawrence, rebuilt in 1868 at a cost of £500, is a small building in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and a western turret containing one bell:

in the church are effigies of a knight and lady, supposed to represent Robert de Hilton and his wife:

there are sittings for 160 persons.

The registers date from the year 1589. 

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C19 fittings including the two commandment boards.

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"The remains of the churchyard cross at St Lawrence's Church represent a good example of a medieval standing cross with a square base and octagonal shaft"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1018295 

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Looking east towards the chancel.

C19 wooden pews. 

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Looking west towards the font.

Blocked C13 arcades visible on either side. 

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"The C13 font has a plain octagonal bowl and shafted base and has a C19 facetted wooden cover"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1063110 

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A church notice states :-

"Built in the 1950's, the pipe organ was installed in church in 2013, funded by generous donations from church members.

It came from the closed Methodist Church at Bluntington, near Kidderminster.

It was manufactured by Hawkins of Walsall Wood"

http://hawkinsorganbuildersltd.co.uk/ 

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C19 pulpit.

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Arms of George III and the date 1768.

"George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 - 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom 

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"The C19 gabled south porch outer doorway has continuous double chamfered surround with above a reset C13 crucifix"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1063110 

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Detail of reset C13 crucifix.

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In the porch is this figure of a lady circa 1300 wearing a head-dress and a flowing gown.

Her head rests on a pillow, her feet on a lion.

A masonry paint has been applied in recent times.

June 2015

In the porch is this effigy circa 1300 of a cross-legged knight.

He wears mail and a surcoat and carries sword and shield.

His head rests on a pillow, his feet are on a lion.

June 2015

"The memorial tablet to the fallen of the Great and Second World Wars was placed by public subscription in 2005. 

The war memorial is situated in the wall of the Village Hall, in the village centre"

https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/15094/about-us/ 

Reported in The Telegraph on 16 May 2005 that :-

"A village which rejected a war memorial 87 years ago after being refused permission to include a soldier shot for desertion is finally to honour its dead.

The tiny community of Fulstow, near Louth, Lincs, is one of the few in Britain to have no monument to the First World War, during which seven villagers lost their lives.

Fulstow was offered one in 1918 but was told it could not include Pte Charles Kirman, of the Lincolnshire Regiment's 7th Battalion. Pte Kirman, a veteran of the Somme, was shot at dawn in 1917 after going absent without leave"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1490080/After-87-years-village-honours-its-war-dead.html 

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This is one of the mills built by Saunderson of Louth in the third quarter of nineteenth century.

Jon Sass Collection, photograph 1934

The sails on Fulstow Mill were finally removed in 1950 and for a while it was powered by an electric motor.

Location of mill: TF 330 965

Peter Kirk Collection, 2006