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Barholm

Former civil parishes in LincolnshireLincolnshire geography stubsOpenDomesdaySouth Kesteven DistrictUse British English from October 2014
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Church at Barholm geograph.org.uk 131492
Church at Barholm geograph.org.uk 131492

Barholm is a village in the civil parish of Barholm and Stowe, 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. In 1921 the parish had a population of 170.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."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. 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."

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Tallington Road, South Kesteven Tallington

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N 52.67 ° E -0.38 °
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Tallington Road
PE9 4RE South Kesteven, Tallington
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