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Holbeach in Lincoln County England History and GeographyHOLBEACH, a market town and parish, in the wapentake of ELLOE, parts of HOLLAND, county of LINCOLN, 12 miles (S.) from Boston, 42 (S.E.) from Lincoln, and 106 (N. by E.) from London, containing 3621 inhabitants. Its ancient name was Oldbeche, so called from having been built near an old beach which the receding of the waters had left, as it is evident, from the different embankments constructed between the Foss-dyke and the Cross Keys Washes, that all the land in the vicinity of the town has been once covered by the waters of the German ocean. Foundations of walls and pavements have been discovered, and several ancient coins, urns, and seals, dug up at different periods. The town, which is situated in a low marshy district, is indifferently built. The market is on Thursday; and fairs are held, May 17th and September 17th, for horses and cattle. Holbeach is within the jurisdiction of a court of requests for the recovery of debts under £5, held under the authority of an act passed in the 47th of George III., for the hundred of Elloe. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £20. 5. 10., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a noble edifice, consisting of a nave, a chancel, a porch, and a square tower, surmounted by an octangular ornamented spire; the north porch has two circular towers, with embattled parapets at its extreme angles. In the church are some interesting monuments, and an altar-piece representing our Saviour instituting the Last Supper. The free grammar school was founded in 1669, by George Farmer, Esq., who endowed it with lands and tenements which now let for about £140 per annum: it was formerly held in a part of the church, but in 1807 a new school-room was built, in which about one hundred and forty scholars are instructed on Dr. Bell's plan. An hospital for a warden and fifteen poor persons was founded near the church, about 1351, by Sir John de Kirketon, Knt., which was suppressed at the Reformation. This town is celebrated as the birthplace, or residence, of several eminent literary characters; amongst whom are, Dr. William Stukeley, the celebrated antiquary; Henry Rands, otherwise Holbeach, appointed to the bishoprick of Lincoln in 1547, and one of the compilers of the Liturgy. Samuel Frotheringham, a member of the Society of Friends, died here in 1745: he is said to have been the first in England who invented a clock with hands, denoting both the true and the apparent time at all seasons of the year, according to the eccentricity of the earth's orbit, and the obliquity of the ecliptic. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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