Holbeach St Matthew

Holbeach St Matthew
Holbeach St Matthew
	; St Matthew's Church, Holbeach St Matthews
	Holbeach St Matthew Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF394270
• London	100 mi (160 km) S
District	South Holland ;
Shire county	Lincolnshire ;
Region	East Midlands ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Spalding
Postcode district	PE12
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Holland and The Deepings ;
	List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52°52′15″N0°05′35″E / 52.870788°N 0.093000°E Coordinates: 52°52′15″N0°05′35″E / 52.870788°N 0.093000°E

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Holbeach St Matthew is a small fenland village in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire, England. It lies 6 miles (10 km) north-east from Holbeach, 1 mile (1.6 km) south from The Wash, and within Holbeach Marsh.

In 1885 Kelly’s noted that the village was in the ecclesiastical parish of Holbeach Marsh, that a school for 72 children was about to be built, that its area was of 9,240 acres (37.4 km²), and had an 1881 population of 743. The hamlet's chapel of ease, dedicated to St Matthew, was built 1868-69 by Ewan Christian in Early English style, and was capable of holding 110 persons.^[1] It is constructed of brick, has a combined nave and chancel, a south porch, and an east of nave turret with bell.^[2] The chapel, now redundant, has been converted to residential use.^[3]

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References

↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 477
↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 575; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8
↑ "St Matthew's, Holbeach", Oldchurchhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2011

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[Kellys-1] Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 477

[Pevsner-2] Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 575; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8

[3] "St Matthew's, Holbeach", Oldchurchhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2011

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Holbeach St Matthew
St Matthew's Church, Holbeach St Matthews
Holbeach St Matthew Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF394270
• London	100 mi (160 km) S
District	South Holland
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Spalding
Postcode district	PE12

Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands

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List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52°52′15″N0°05′35″E / 52.870788°N 0.093000°E / 52.870788; 0.093000 Coordinates: 52°52′15″N0°05′35″E / 52.870788°N 0.093000°E / 52.870788; 0.093000