Barholm
| Barholm | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church at Barholm | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF090109 |
| Location: | 52°41’6"N, 0°23’17"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Stamford |
| Postcode: | PE9 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Grantham and Stamford |
Barholm is a village in the very south of Lincolnshire, two miles north of the border of Northamptonshire. It is in Kesteven, the county's south-western part. Barholm may be found two miles west of the A15 road, and six miles south of Bourne.
Barholm is first recorded as "Berc(a)ham" in 1086. The name is said to be from the Old English beorg ham (or hamm) meaning "hill homestead (or enclosure)",[1] although since the village is on level ground in the Great Fen and just 40 feet above sea level, this seems a peculiar derivation.
Hereward (later known as Hereward the Wake) owned land in Barholm and the nearby village of Stow in the period before the Norman conquest in 1066.
The church received a new tower during the Civil War and an inscription reads:
"Was ever such a thing
Since the Creation?
A new steeple built
In the time of vexation."
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Barholm) |
- Barholm in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
