Holme, North Lincolnshire

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Holme
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Twigmoor Hall
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Holme
Location within Lincolnshire
Population113 (2011)
OS grid reference SE923068
•  London 140 mi (230 km)  S
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Scunthorpe
Postcode district DN16
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Lincolnshire
53°33′02″N0°36′28″W / 53.550446°N 0.607740°W / 53.550446; -0.607740

Holme is a linear settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Messingham, in the North Lincolnshire district, in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 113. [1]

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Holme is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-east from the town of Scunthorpe. Just to the south-east is Grade II listed Twigmoor Hall. [2] This house was the home of John Wright before he was executed for his part in the Gunpowder Plot. The authorities described Twigmoor Hall as ".. one of the worst in her Majesty’s dominions and is used like a Popish college for traitors in the northern parts". [3]

History

January 1957 air incident

de Havilland Vampire Mk5 'VZ274' crashed on 24 January 1957, flying from RAF Swinderby. [4] The aircraft exploded in mid-air, but the parachute never opened. The pilot was 20 year old Pilot Officer David Alan Bowers, of 11 Upper Melton Terrace of Melton, Suffolk. [5] [6]

Governance

Holme was formerly a township in the parish of Bottesford, [7] in 1866 Holme became a civil parish, [8] on 1 April 2018 the parish was abolished and merged with Messingham. [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Twigmoor Hall (1083018)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Fraser, Antonia. Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot. New York: Nan A. Talese, 1996
  4. ↑ January 1957crash
  5. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Thursday 24 January 1957, page 1
  6. ↑ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 25 January 1957, page 1
  7. ↑ "History of Holme in North Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Relationships and changes Holme Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  9. ↑ The North Lincolnshire Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance Order) 2017
  10. ↑ "North Lincolnshire Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 12 August 2023.


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