Haltham
| Haltham | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Churchyard cross and St Benedict's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF247637 |
| Location: | 53°9’22"N, 0°8’11"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 122 (2011) |
| Post town: | Horncastle |
| Postcode: | LN9 |
| Dialling code: | 01507 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Haltham is a village and parish in the Lindsey part of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 122.[1] It is situated four miles south of the town of Horncastle, and on the east bank of the River Bain in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
History
Haltham is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Holtha", with 15 households, and King William I as Lord of the Manor.[2]
Church
The parish church was dedicated to Saint Benedict, and is a Grade-I listed building built of greenstone and red-brick dating from the 12th century, with restorations in 1881 and 1890. In 1964 Pevsner noted a chalice and flagon, dated 1765, by London silversmith Francis Crump.[3] The church was closed by the Diocese of Lincoln in October 1977, and is now maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust.[4][5][6]
In the churchyard is the base of a 14th-century cross which is Grade-II listed and also a scheduled monument.[7][8]
Geography
The village was served by the Marmion Arms public house, a half-timbered thatched building.[9]
In 1885 Kelly's Directory recorded that agricultural production in the 2,380-acre acre parish was chiefly wheat, oats and turnips, The 1881 population was 179.[10]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Haltham) |
- ↑ "Haltham (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124145&c=Haltham&d=16&e=62&g=6446124&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1463654447828&enc=1. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ↑ "Domesday Map". Haltham. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF2463/haltham/. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 265; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8
- ↑ "Haltham". Genuki.org.uk. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Haltham/. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ↑ Historic England. "St Benedict Haltham (352856)". PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=352856. Retrieved 19 June 2011
- ↑ "British Listed Buildings". St Benedict Haltham. English Heritage. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-400417-church-of-st-benedict-haltham. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ↑ "British Listed Buildings". cross, Haltham. English Heritage. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-400418-churchyard-cross-to-church-of-st-benedic. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1010680: Churchyard cross, St Benedict's churchyard
- ↑ "Lincs to the Past". Marmion Arms, Haltham. Lincolnshire Archives. http://www.lincstothepast.com/MARMION-ARMS--HALTHAM-ON-BAIN--LINCOLNSHIRE/466071.record?pt=S. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 464