The lower parts of St Michael's tower, i.e. below the string course, date from the 13th and 14th centuries but upper part and the spire were built in 1869.

October 2016

The nave and chancel of St Michael's were rebuilt in 1725 using older material and then restored in 1869 by Drury and Mortimer.

Work in the Victorian period also added an apse at the east end and renewed the upper part of the tower and spire.

October 2016

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states that the chancel was rebuilt in 1725. 

C19 internal fittings.

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Detail of decorative tiling which wraps around the wall beside and behind the altar.

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Stained glass from the chancel's three separate lancet windows grouped together in a single image. 

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Looking east towards the chancel. 

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"The church of St. Michael is a small building of stone, partly in the Decorated style, and consists of apsidal chancel, nave, south porch and a tower with spire containing 2 bells :

the chancel and nave were rebuilt in 1725 :

the whole fabric was thoroughly restored in 1869 at a cost of about £900, under the direction of Messrs. Drury and Mortimer, architects, of Lincoln, towards which the late Hon. C.H. Cust, of Arthingworth, who died in 1875, contributed £420 :

there are 123 sittings"

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Looking west towards the tower arch.

Church furniture rearranged and a one way system in operation because of the COVID‑19 pandemic.

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1872 states :-

"The Church (St. Michael and All Saints), is a small structure, rebuilt many years ago on the site of a larger fabric, and consists of nave with apsidal chancel, and a tower surmounted by a spire.

The south porch and a new pulpit were erected in 1868, when the gallery was removed, and the building newly roofed and thoroughly restored, at an outlay of about £750, of which the lord of the manor contributed £400, the present rector £130, and the remainder was raised chiefly by the parishioners"

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A dismounted benefactions board standing upside down behind the font.

"A LEGACY of two Pounds a Year was given by the Revd Mr Rusel Rector of South Hickham 1609 to the poor Widows of South & North Hickam & Haddington payable on St Thomas's Day out of an Estate lying in Thorpe now in Possession of the Revd Mr Twentyman.

This erected April 2nd 1774.

Wm Storks, Churchwarden"

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states "The charities include £2 yearly, derived from land in Thorpe-on-the-Hill, distributed to poor widows of North and South Hykeham and Haddington; there is also the interest on £5 distributed in bread on St. Thomas' day"

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C19 font.

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Detail of the tower arch.

A plaque on the wooden screen states "A Time Capsule was placed in the Tower on 24-9-2000 it should not be opened before 2100"

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Maker's plate reads J.Halmshaw & Sons, Builders, Birmingham" and a second plate records its rebuild in 1993.

Wikipedia has Halmshaw & Sons active between 1850 and 1913.

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White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1872 records that a new pulpit was erected in 1868.

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A depiction of the Archangel Michael slaying Satan as a dragon.

"TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF ERNEST RICHARD CHARLES CUST ESQRE LORD OF THE MANOR OF SOUTH HYKEHAM BORN JANY 11 1850 DECEASED MAY 9 1893 THE OFFERING OF FRIENDS AND TENANTS"

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Stained glass in memory of William Wright, Curchwarden dated 1891.

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Unfortunately the dedication at the bottom of the window is missing however the date "1911" remains.

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This small and decrepit sundial is on the nave wall immediately to the east of the porch.

October 2016