Marholm
| Marholm | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Marholm | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF149021 |
| Location: | 52°36’17"N, 0°18’16"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 151 (2011) |
| Post town: | Peterborough |
| Postcode: | PE6 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Peterborough |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North West Cambridgeshire |
Marholm is a little village in Northamptonshire, in the Soke of Peterborough which forms the north-eastern part of that county, and just outside the edge of the swelling suburbs of the City of Peterborough itself.
The village sits to the west of Peterborough and one mile from the seat of the Fitzwilliam family at Milton Hall. The parish covers some 1,400 acres, with the village positioned roughly in the centre.[1]
The 2011 census recorded a population of 151.
There are a few small woods in the parish, holding back the urban spread, and less attractively also the Peterborough Crematorium. Just to the north is Woodcroft Castle.
History
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marholm as follows:
MARHOLM, a parish in Peterborough district, Northampton; adjacent to the Great Northern railway, 4½ miles NW by N of Peterborough r. station. Post town, Peterborough. Acres, 1,790. Real property, £1,534. Pop., 172. Houses, 33. The property belongs chiefly to the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £311. * Patron, the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam. The church is partly Norman, partly early English, partly later English; consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower; and contains monuments of the Fitzwilliams. There are alms houses with £14 a year.[2]
Parish church
The parish church, St Mary's, is a Grade-I listed building. The earliest known alterations to the church can be dated at 1534 by Sir William Fitzwilliam of Milton (Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1524) when the chancel was re-built.[3]
Farmhouses
Marholm Farmhouse is a Grade-II* listed building. It is a thatched building made from coursed stone rubble. The date 1633 is carved into the stone below the roof however there is evidence to suggest the origins of the building could date even earlier, particularly the recessed windows.[4]
The Farm has been occupied by the Darby family since 1912. The Darby family are one of the oldest tenants to the Fitzwilliam estate and are traceable to nearly 400 years ago on the Castor register.[5]
Home Farmhouse is a Grade-II listed building. It was originally listed 15-Dec-1955. It is very similar to Marholm Farmhouse, again it is a thatched building made from coursed stone rubble with flush quoins.[6]
Home Farm was initially run to meet the domestic needs of Milton rather than primarily for income. In the 20th century it was used as a mixed farm and after the First World War began a remarkable period of Dairy farming that eventually ceased in 1998.[7]
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References
- ↑ History: Marholm Village
- ↑ History of Marholm, in Peterborough and Northamptonshire - A Vision of Britain | Wilson, John Marius: Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (A. Fullerton & Co., 1870)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1317603: Church of St Mary
- ↑ National Heritage List 1317528: Marholm Farmhouse
- ↑ Farm Marholm Village: Manor Farm
- ↑ National Heritage List 1126743: Home Farm
- ↑ Farming at Home Farm: Marholm Village
