| Static Image Name: | St.Thomas' church, Bassingthorpe, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 90736.jpg |
| Country: | England |
| Static Image Caption: | St Thomas' Church, Bassingthorpe |
| Coordinates: | 52.8459°N -0.566°W |
| Official Name: | Bassingthorpe |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Grantham and Stamford |
| Post Town: | Nottingham |
| Postcode District: | NG33 |
| Postcode Area: | NG |
| Os Grid Reference: | SK966285 |
| London Distance Mi: | 90 |
| London Direction: | S |
Bassingthorpe is a small village in the civil parish of Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 5miles south from Grantham, and on a C class road between the B6403 to the west and the B1176 to the east. In 1921 the parish had a population of 78.[1] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Bitchfield to form "Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe".[2]
The village contains 4 houses and a Grade I listed church dedicated to St Thomas.[3] The ecclesiastical parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes, of the Deanery of Beltisloe in the Diocese of Lincoln.[4] From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was Rev Richard Ireson.[5]