Broadholme is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the

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district of

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, England. It is situated west from the city and county town of

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, and less than south from the

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and the village of

Saxilby Saxilby is a large village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north-west from Lincoln, on the A57 road at the junction of the B1241. It is part of the civil parish of Saxilby and Ingleby, which includes the village of ...

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, Broadholme is part of

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 88. At the 2011 census, the population remained less than 100 and is now included in the

Scampton Scampton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish including Brampton and Broadholme at the 2011 census was 1,358. It is situated north of Lincoln, south-east of Ga ...

History

The Premonstratensian Broadholme Priory was founded adjacent to the village at sometime after 1154. The priory was one of only two female priories of that order in England (the other being Orford Priory). The priory was dissolved in 1536 as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Houses of Premonstratensian canonesses: The priory of Broadholme
', A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (1910), pp. 138–140. Retrieved 28 July 2013 The site is currently occupied by Manor Farm, which may incorporate part of the former monastic buildings, although none are visible. The '' Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' (1870–72) recorded parish as containing , and the village as having a population of 115, spread across 22 houses.

Transfer from Nottinghamshire to Lincolnshire

The village and parish of Broadholme was historically part of

, and lay within the

Newark and Sherwood Newark and Sherwood is a local government district and is the largest district in Nottinghamshire, England. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal borough of Newark with Newark Rural District and Southwell R ...

district. In 1986 the Local Government Boundary Commission suggested that the parish of Broadholme, and a small part of the neighbouring parish of Harby, be transferred from Nottinghamshire to

. The primary reasoning behind the suggestion was that the village could not be accessed by road from Nottinghamshire without passing through Lincolnshire, and thus they felt it might be easier to provide council services from Lincolnshire. Broadholme is also closer to the village of

in Lincolnshire than it was to the nearest Nottinghamshire village, which is Harby. The commission suggested that the villagers might feel a closer affinity to

. Most of those consulted about the transfer were opposed to it.

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was opposed to the transfer, whilst villagers voted 26 to 11 to stay within Nottinghamshire. Two local campaigns were formed to oppose the transfer: the "Keep Broadholme in Nottinghamshire" campaign, and the "Broadholme Residents Campaign to stay in Nottinghamshire". Out of the 22 responses to the official consultation, only four supported the transfer:

Lincolnshire County Council Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire an ...

and three residents. Aside from the traditional connection to Nottinghamshire, those opposed to the transfer wished to retain the "superior refuse service", higher standard schools and the mobile library service they had access to as part of Nottinghamshire. Senior citizens also received a higher rate of travel vouchers as part of Nottinghamshire. Concerns were also raised as the transfer involved a change of water provider, from

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Water to Anglian Water. Despite the overwhelming opposition both from residents and the council, the Commission went ahead with the transfer. Access to Nottinghamshire schools was only retained for those already enrolled in them, but was no longer available to new starters within the parish. The parish also lost its other benefits formerly provided by Nottinghamshire County Council or

District Council.Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Report No. 540
/ref> Broadholme was formally transferred to

in 1989.

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* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District

History

Transfer from Nottinghamshire to Lincolnshire

See also

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