The village is medieval and was made a Conservation Area in 1975. Middlethorpe Hall[?] dates from 1699 and Middlethorpe Manor[?] from 1700.
... town has a total area of 5.8 km² (2.2 mi²). 5.4 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 5.83% ...