# Barholm

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{{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](/source/Barholm_and_Stowe)
|shire_district= [South Kesteven](/source/South_Kesteven)
|shire_county= [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire)
|region= East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [Grantham and Stamford](/source/Grantham_and_Stamford_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
|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](/source/Oxford_University_Press) (1971), p. 11.</ref> is a village in the [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) of [Barholm and Stowe](/source/Barholm_and_Stowe), in the [South Kesteven](/source/South_Kesteven) district of [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), England. It is {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} west from the [A15 road](/source/A15_road_(England)), and {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} south from [Bourne](/source/Bourne%2C_Lincolnshire). 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Hereward_the_Wake) (later known as Hereward the Wake) owned land in Barholm and the nearby village of Stowe in the period before the [Norman Conquest](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Stowe%2C_Lincolnshire) to form "Barholm and Stowe", part also went to [Market Deeping](/source/Market_Deeping), [Baston](/source/Baston) and [Langtoft](/source/Langtoft%2C_Lincolnshire).<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](/source/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](/source/Lincolnshire_County_Council). The district councillors [elected in 2023](/source/2023_South_Kesteven_District_Council_election) are Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Con) and Vanessa Smith (Green). The county councillor [elected in 2021](/source/2021_Lincolnshire_County_Council_election) is Ashley Baxter (Ind).

==References==
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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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