Halton Holegate is a small village in the
East Lindsey district
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of
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, 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-we ...
, England. It is situated east from
Spilsby
Spilsby is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town is adjacent to the main A16, east of the county town of Lincoln, north-east of Boston and north-west of Skegness. I ...
.
The village
Anglican church is
Grade II*
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listed and dedicated to
St Andrew
Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Pete ...
. Originating from the 14th century with later additions, it is chiefly
Perpendicular
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in style, except for the tower and the east end which were rebuilt in 1866 by
James Fowler.
Pevsner, Nikolaus
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...
; Harris, John; ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' p. 265; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press.
The village also has a
public house
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.
Governance
An
electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south west to
East Kirkby
East Kirkby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-east from Horncastle, and on the A155 road.
East Kirkby 13th century Grade II* listed Anglican parish church is dedicated t ...
with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,495.
References
External links
*
Halton Holegate St Andrews Church websiteHistoric Halton Holegate Village bookThis Book, created in 1905 by Rev C. P. Disbrowe whilst Rector at Halton Holegate from 1900 – 1915, has been reproduced in both a digitised and reprinted format as can be seen at the link, was made as part of a project at St Andrews Church, Halton Holegate, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Villages in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
East Lindsey District
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