| Holton cum Beckering | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Holton cum Beckering | |
  Holton cum Beckering Location withinLincolnshire | |
| Population | 140 (2001 census) |
| OS grid reference | TF115813 |
| • London | 125 mi (201 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MARKET RASEN |
| Postcode district | LN8 |
| Dialling code | 01673 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| |
Holton cum Beckering is a small village andcivil parish inWest Lindsey,Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (10 km) south fromMarket Rasen at the junction of theB1202 andB1399 roads. At the2001 census it had a population of 140.[1]
Around the village is evidence of Medieval settlement, defined bycropmarks andridge and furrowearthworks indicatingcrofts andenclosures. Near Holton Hall are possible remains of amoat.[2]
In 1885Kelly's noted that the parish was of 1,862 acres (7.54 km2) with chief agricultural production being of wheat, oats, barley and seeds, and an 1881 population of 165.[3]
All Saints' Church is aGrade I listedAnglican church.[4]Kelly's mentions that it comprises achancel,nave,aisles and southporch, and a squaretower containing three bells, with the chancel incorporating richly paintedfrescoes and a carved oak screen separating the chancel from the nave.Benches were carved by a Mr Swaby ofMarsh Chapel when the chancel was rebuilt in 1851 by a Mr Nicholson ofLincoln.[3] The church wasrestored in 1859-60 and 1870-74 byGeorge Gilbert Scott, who rebuilt the northarcade and added, according toPevsner, a "glittering mosaic reredos... made, according to Canon Binnal, by a Catholic Italian who insisted on smoking his pipe while doing it". Also noted was achalice andpaten cover dated 1569[5] Scott also repaired both aisles, and rebuilt a mortuary chapel and the whole roof.[3]
Other listed buildings are early 18th-century Holton Hall[6] and late 17th-century Abbey Farm House.[7]
Theamateur dramatic society was originally known as the Holton Players. Following a move toWickenby, in 1970, they were renamed the Lindsey Rural Players.[8]
Academy Award-winning actorJim Broadbent was born in the village in 1949; his parents, Roy and Dee Broadbent, were founder members of the Holton Players.[9][10]
The village was the subject of aBBC Radio 4 documentaryConchies of Holton-Cum-Beckering on 7 May 2007. Presented byBilly Bragg, it interviewed the surviving members of a group of Second World Warconscientious objectors who formed themselves into farming communities and an amateur dramatic society.[11]
A documentary onBBC Radio 4 ExtraThe Holton Players was broadcast on 1 September 2014 (and repeated on 21 June 2017). It was presented byJim Broadbent.[12]
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