Timeline of Events in Astwick

1086: Astwick is mentioned in the Domesday Book. 

1209: The list of incumbents goes back to this date. It is one of only two churches in England to be dedicated to St. Guthlac, an early 12th century monk living a solitary life in the fens of Lincolnshire. The present nave and chancel are essentially 15th century but with many fragments of older masonry.

17th Century: The Tudor Oaks House built. It was originally a coaching inn and became a tollgate when The Great North Road was turnpiked in 1730. It became The Tudor Oaks Restaurant in the early 1980s.

1804: Astwick Enclosure Act.

1816: The Round House built, it was the home of the toll keeper who worked the gate at the Astwick and Hinxworth turn. There was a gate at the turn from 1729 to 1868.

1847: Watermill built as a combined water and steam driven mill. The wheel was one of the largest in the county measuring 25 feet in diameter and weighing 25 tons when it was installed.

1935: Restoration work on the church carried out by Professor Albert Richardson.

1940c: The Round House was demolished to allow for the widening of the road.

1971: Services at the church cut from two each month to one due to the lack of light in the winter months as the church had no gas or electric lighting.