Holton cum Beckering

Holton cum Beckering
Holton cum Beckering

 Holton cum Beckering shown within Lincolnshire
Population 140 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference TF115813
District West Lindsey
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MARKET RASEN
Postcode district LN8
Dialling code 01673
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Holton cum Beckering is a small village and civil parish in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Market Rasen at the junction of the B1202 and B1399 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 140.[1]

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History

Around the village is evidence of Medieval settlement, defined by cropmarks and ridge and furrow earthworks indicating crofts and enclosures. Near Holton Hall are possible remains of a moat.[2]

In 1885 Kelly's noted that the parish was of 1,862 acres (7.54 km2) with chief agricultural production being of wheat, oats, barley and seeds, and an 1881 population of 165.[3]

Listed buildings

All Saints Church is a Grade I listed Anglican church.[4] Kelly's mentions that it comprises a chancel, nave, aisles and south porch, and a square tower containing three bells, with the chancel incorporating richly painted frescoes and a carved oak screen separating the chancel from the nave. Benches were carved by a Mr Swaby of Marsh Chapel when the chancel was rebuilt in 1851 by a Mr Nicholson of Lincoln.[3] The church was restored in 1859-60 and 1870-74 by George Gilbert Scott, who rebuilt the north arcade and added, according to Pevsner, a "glittering mosaic reredos... made, according to Canon Binnal, by a Catholic Italian who insisted on smoking his pipe while doing it". Also noted was a chalice and paten cover dated 1569[5] Scott also repaired both aisles, and rebuilt a mortuary chapel and the whole roof.[3]

Other listed buildings are early 18th century Holton Hall[6] and late 17th century Abbey Farm House.[7]

Culture

The amateur dramatic society was originally known as the Holton Players. Following a move to Wickenby, in 1970, they were renamed the Lindsey Rural Players.[8]

Oscar and Golden Globe winning actor Jim Broadbent was born in the village in 1949; his parents, Roy and Dee Broadbent, were founder members of the Holton Players.[9][10]

BBC documentary

The village was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary Conchies of Holton-Cum-Beckering on 7 May 2007. Presented by Billy Bragg, it interviewed the surviving members of a group of World War II conscientious objectors who formed themselves into farming communities and an amateur dramatic society.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Area: Holton cum Beckering CP (Parish)", Neighbourhood Statistics, accessed 29 October 2011
  2. ^ "Holton cum Beckering", National Monuments Record, English Heritage. Retrieved 29 October 2011
  3. ^ a b c Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 482
  4. ^ "Church of All Saints", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 29 October 2011
  5. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 274; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. ISBN 0300096208
  6. ^ "Holton Hall", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 29 October 2011
  7. ^ "Abbey Farm House", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 29 October 2011
  8. ^ "Our History", Lindsey Rural Players at The Broadbent Theatre, Wickenby. Retrieved 29 October 2011
  9. ^ "It's a Golden Globe for Jim Broadbent", Louth Leader, 14 January 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2011
  10. ^ "Roy Broadbent (1915-1972)", Broadbent.org. Retrieved 29 October 2011
  11. ^ "Conchies of Holton-Cum-Beckering", BBC Radio 4, 7 May 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2011

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