Holton cum Beckering
| Holton cum Beckering | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church, Holton cum Beckering | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF115813 |
| Location: | 53°19’0"N, 0°19’31"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 140 (2001) |
| Post town: | Market Rasen |
| Postcode: | LN8 |
| Dialling code: | 01673 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
Holton cum Beckering is a small village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is to be found six miles south of Market Rasen at the junction of the B1202 and B1399 roads. At the 2001 census it had a population of 140.
Its dual name originates as that of the parish, which has become that of the main village, formerly Holton: Beckering is a cluster of cottages half a mile to the south.
History
Around the village is evidence of Mediæval settlement, defined by cropmarks and ridge and furrow earthworks indicating crofts and enclosures. Near Holton Hall are possible remains of a moat.[1]
In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted that the parish was of 1,862 acres with chief agricultural production being of wheat, oats, barley and seeds, and an 1881 population of 165.[2]
Parish chuch
All Saints' Church, Kell's notes, comprises a chancel, nave, aisles and south porch, and a square tower containing three bells, with the chancel incorporating richly painted frescoes and a carved oak screen separating the chancel from the nave. Benches were carved by a Mr Swaby of Marsh Chapel when the chancel was rebuilt in 1851 by a Mr Nicholson of Lincoln.[2] The church was restored in 1859-60 and 1870-74 by George Gilbert Scott, who rebuilt the north arcade and added, according to Pevsner, a "glittering mosaic reredos... made, according to Canon Binnal, by a Catholic Italian who insisted on smoking his pipe while doing it".
The church is a Grade I listed building.[3] Kelly's mentions that it.
Also noted was a chalice and paten cover dated 1569[4] Scott also repaired both aisles, and rebuilt a mortuary chapel and the whole roof.[2]
About the village
The manor house is Holton Hall, which is of the early 18th-century.[5] Also of interest is the 17th-century Abbey Farm House.[6]
Society
The amateur dramatic society was originally known as the Holton Players. Following a move to Wickenby, in 1970, they were renamed the Lindsey Rural Players.[7]
The Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent was born in the village in 1949; his parents, Roy and Dee Broadbent, were founder members of the Holton Players.[8][9]
The village was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary Conchies of Holton-Cum-Beckering on 7 May 2007. Presented by Billy Bragg, it interviewed the surviving members of a group of Second World War conscientious objectors who formed themselves into farming communities and an amateur dramatic society.[10]
A documentary on BBC Radio 4 Extra The Holton Players was broadcast on 1 September 2014 (and repeated on 21 June 2017). It was presented by Jim Broadbent.[11]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 1056524 – Holton cum Beckering
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 482
- ↑ National Heritage List 1064035: Church of All Saints (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1964; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09620-0page 274
- ↑ National Heritage List 1359513: Holton Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1064034: Abbey Farm House (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Our History", Lindsey Rural Players at The Broadbent Theatre, Wickenby. Retrieved 29 October 2011
- ↑ "It's a Golden Globe for Jim Broadbent", Louth Leader, 14 January 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2011
- ↑ "Roy Broadbent (1915-1972)", Broadbent.org. Retrieved 29 October 2011
- ↑ "Conchies of Holton-Cum-Beckering", BBC Radio 4, 7 May 2007
- ↑ "The Holton Players", BBC Radio 4 Extra, 1 September 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2017
