Haltham

Haltham

Churchyard cross and St Benedict's Church, Haltham
Haltham
 Haltham shown within Lincolnshire
Population 122 (2011)
OS grid referenceTF247637
   – London 110 mi (180 km)  S
DistrictEast Lindsey
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Horncastle
Postcode district LN9
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentLouth and Horncastle
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°09′22″N 0°08′11″W / 53.156120°N 0.136316°W / 53.156120; -0.136316

Haltham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 122.[1] It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) south from 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 1086 Domesday Book 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 then 2,380 acres (9.6 km2) acre parish was chiefly wheat, oats and turnips, The 1881 population was 179.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Domesday Map". Haltham. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ "Haltham". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "St Benedict Haltham (352856)". PastScape. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "British Listed Buildings". St Benedict Haltham. English Heritage. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "British Listed Buildings". cross, Haltham. English Heritage. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "Ancient Monuments". Cross, Haltham. English Heritage. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Lincs to the Past". Marmion Arms, Haltham. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  10. ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 464
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