Stragglethorpe is a village in the civil parish of Brant Broughton with Stragglethorpe, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Newark-on-Trent. The population of the civil parish in 2001 was 639, increasing to 744 at the 2011 census. Stragglethorpe was a separate civil parish until 1931 when it merged with Brant Broughton. These figures refer to the population of Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe combined. However, slips of paper can be found in the Stragglethorpe Churchwardens' accounts for 1801, 1811 and 1821, which record the population as 79, 92 and 100 respectively while denoting the number of inhabited houses and families as 14/17, 16/16 and 18/19.