Holbeach Bank
| Holbeach Bank | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 The 1877 Holbeach Bank Board School | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF355273 |
| Location: | 52°49’37"N, -0°-0’39"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Spalding |
| Postcode: | PE12 |
| Dialling code: | 01406 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Holland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Holland and The Deepings |
Holbeach Bank is a fenland village in Holland, the south-eastern part of Lincolnshire. It is just under two miles north of the nearest market town, Holbeach, and one mile east of the A17 road. The village is almost conjoined at the west to the village of Holbeach Clough and is at the south-east edge of Holbeach Marsh.
History
In 1835 the Primitive Methodists of Holbeach Bank decided to build a chapel, as an alternative to occupying another vacated chapel.[1] A foundation stone for a new chapel was laid, with 90 members of the congregation each laying a brick on which they placed money; more than £7 was raised, with more than £50 promised to the trustees.[2] There is a record of a Primitive Methodist chapel as being built in 1833. The building, gabled and of three bays, was demolished in 1999, and lay at the junction of Roman Bank and Star Lane.[3]
A board school was built in 1877 with places for 180 children, of whom 130 attended on average.[4] This previous village school is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "surprisingly large... [with] polychromatic brickwork and an array of lancets." He believes the architect might have been Joseph Sawyer who had built other board schools in the area.[5]
Occupations listed in 1855 included a shopkeeper, cattle dealer, two farmers and a butcher, and in 1872 a bricklayer, a farmer, a beer house proprietor and two saddlers. The farmer and the beer retailer remained in 1885. By 1933 those listed included a farmer, a smallholder, a shopkeeper, a carpenter, two builders, and a beer retailer.[6][7][4][8]
In 1936 a scheme was drawn up by the Boston and District Electricity Supply Co. and presented to the Rural District Council, proposing a supply of electricity to Holbeach Bank[9]
Sport
The village football team plays in the Peterborough and District Football League.[10]
Sights of the village
- Victorian windmill on Washway Road
- Britain's smallest pillbox, on Penny-Bridge Road
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Holbeach Bank) |
References
- ↑ Rosman, Doreen (2003). The Evolution of the English Churches, 1500–2000, Cambridge University Press, p.191. ISBN 0521645565
- ↑ Primitive Methodist Magazine (1864) p.630
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 1378643 – Hanby
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, pp.478, 480
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1964; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09620-0page 384
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1855, p.120
- ↑ Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire, p.748,749
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1933, pp.296–298
- ↑ The Electrical Journal, Volume 116, Benn Bros Ltd. p.588
- ↑ "Holbeach Bank FC", TheFA.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014