Holbeach St Matthew
| Holbeach St Matthew | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Matthew's Church, Holbeach St Matthews | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF394270 |
| Location: | 52°52’15"N, -0°5’35"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Spalding |
| Postcode: | PE12 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Holland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Holland and The Deepings |
Holbeach St Matthew is a small fenland village in Holland, the south-eastern part of Lincolnshire. It is to be found six miles north-east of Holbeach, a mile south of The Wash, and within Holbeach Marsh.
The former village church, St Matthew, is constructed of brick, has a combined nave and chancel, a south porch, and an east of nave turret with bell.[1] Its status was as a chapel of ease within a wider parish. The chapel, now redundant, has been converted to residential use.[2]
History
In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted that the village was in the ecclesiastical parish of Holbeach Marsh, that a school for 72 children was about to be built, that its area was of 9,240 acres, and had an 1881 population of 743. The hamlet's chapel of ease, dedicated to St Matthew, was built 1868-69 by Ewan Christian in Early English style, and was capable of holding 110 persons.[3]
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References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1964; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09620-0page 575
- ↑ "St Matthew's, Holbeach", Oldchurchhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2011
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 477