{{Short description|Village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |static_image = Church at Barholm - geograph.org.uk - 131492.jpg |static_image_caption = St Martin's Church, Barholm |label_position = top |coordinates = {{coord|52.67|-00.38|display=inline,title}} |official_name =Barholm |population = |civil_parish = Barholm and Stowe |shire_district= South Kesteven |shire_county= Lincolnshire |region= East Midlands |constituency_westminster= Grantham and Stamford |post_town= Stamford |postcode_district= PE9 |postcode_area= PE |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= TF0910 | london_distance_mi= 80<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction= S }} '''Barholm''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ær|ə|m}}<ref>Miller, G.M., ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'', Oxford University Press (1971), p. 11.</ref> is a village in the civil parish of Barholm and Stowe, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} west from the A15 road, and {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} south from Bourne. In 1921 the parish had a population of 170.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10396487/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Barholm CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=27 December 2023}}</ref>
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."<ref>Mills, A.D., ''Dictionary of English Place-Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. (1998), p. 24.</ref>
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.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1360165|desc=Church of St Martin|grade=I}}</ref> The church received a new tower during the English Civil War and an inscription with the date 1648 reads:
"Was ever such a thing<br /> Since the Creation?<br /> A new steeple built<br /> In the time of vexation."
==Local government== On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Stowe to form "Barholm and Stowe", part also went to Market Deeping, Baston and Langtoft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/stamford.html|title=Stamford Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=27 December 2023}}</ref> Barholm and Stowe parish is run through a parish meeting of its residents rather than a parish council. Two district councillors represent Casewick Ward on South Kesteven District Council and a county councillor represents Deepings West & Rural Division on Lincolnshire County Council. The district councillors elected in 2023 are Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Con) and Vanessa Smith (Green). The county councillor elected in 2021 is Ashley Baxter (Ind).
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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Barholm}} * {{OpenDomesday|TF0810|barholm|Barholm}}
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Category:Villages in Lincolnshire Category:Former civil parishes in Lincolnshire Category:South Kesteven
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