Barholm
Barholm /ˈbærəm/[1] is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 2 miles (3 km) west from the A15 road, and 6 miles (10 km) south from Bourne.
| Barholm | |
|---|---|
 Church at Barholm | |
  Barholm Location within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TF0910 |
| • London | 80 mi (130 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stamford |
| Postcode district | PE9 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Barholm is first recorded as "Berc(a)ham" in 1086; the name is from Old English beorg + hām or hamm and means "homestead or enclosure on a hill."[2]
Hereward (later known as Hereward the Wake) owned land in Barholm and the nearby village of Stowe in the period before the Norman conquest in 1066.
St Martin's Church is Grade I listed.[3] The church received a new tower during the English Civil War and an inscription with the date 1648 reads:
"Was ever such a thing
Since the Creation?
A new steeple built
In the time of vexation."
Local government
Barholm and Stowe is a civil parish. It is run through a parish meeting of its residents rather than a parish council, two district councillors who represent Casewick Ward on South Kesteven District Council and a county councillor representing Deepings West & Rural Division on Lincolnshire County Council. The district councillors elected in May 2011 and re-elected in 2015 are Kelham Cooke (Con) and Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Con). The county councillor elected in 2017 is Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Con).
References
- Miller, G.M., BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press (1971), p. 11.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. (1998), p. 24.
- Historic England. "Church of St Martin (Grade I) (1360165)". National Heritage List for England.
External links
Media related to Barholm at Wikimedia Commons- Barholm in the Domesday Book
