Throckenholt

Throckenholt is a village in the civil parish of Sutton St Edmund (where the population is listed) in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located close to the border of Cambridgeshire about 16 miles (26 km) south-east of Spalding, 14 miles (23 km) west of Wisbech and 10 miles (16 km) south of Holbeach.

Throckenholt Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF354094
• London	85 mi (137 km) S
Civil parish	Sutton St Edmund
District	South Holland
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SPALDING
Postcode district	PE12
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Holland and the Deepings
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52.665465°N 0.000965°E / 52.665465; 0.000965

The Museum of Technology, The Great War and WWII is in the village and opened its doors in 2016.

Throckenholt Priory was sited here, it was a hermitage and chapel in existence from at least 1107–1540. It was granted to Thorney Abbey by Nigel, Bishop of Ely.^[1]

Throckenholt was written as 'Trokenholt' in the 1240 Papal Rolls.^[2]