Barholm
Barholm /ˈbærəm/[1] is a village in the civil parish of Barholm and Stowe, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 2 miles (3 km) west from the A15 road, and 6 miles (10 km) south from Bourne. In 1921 the parish had a population of 170.[2]
| Barholm | |
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Church at Barholm | |
Barholm Location within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TF0910 |
| • London | 80 mi (130 km) S |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stamford |
| Postcode district | PE9 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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Barholm is first recorded as "Berc(a)ham" in 1086; the name is from Old English beorg + hām or hamm and means "homestead or enclosure on a hill."[3]
Hereward (later known as Hereward the Wake) owned land in Barholm and the nearby village of Stowe in the period before the Norman conquest in 1066.[citation needed]
St Martin's Church is Grade I listed.[4] The church received a new tower during the English Civil War and an inscription with the date 1648 reads:
"Was ever such a thing
Since the Creation?
A new steeple built
In the time of vexation."
Local government edit
On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Stowe to form "Barholm and Stowe", part also went to Market Deeping, Baston and Langtoft.[5] Barholm and Stowe parish is run through a parish meeting of its residents rather than a parish council, two district councillors who represent Casewick Ward on South Kesteven District Council and a county councillor representing Deepings West & Rural Division on Lincolnshire County Council. The district councillors elected in May 2011 and re-elected in 2015 are Kelham Cooke (Con) and Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Con). The county councillor elected in 2017 is Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Con).
References edit
- ^ Miller, G.M., BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press (1971), p. 11.
- ^ "Population statistics Barholm CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. (1998), p. 24.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Martin (Grade I) (1360165)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ "Stamford Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
External links edit
- Media related to Barholm at Wikimedia Commons
- Barholm in the Domesday Book