Holme is a hamlet and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Langford) at the 2011 census was 165,[1] Holme alone registered 80 residents at the 2021 census.[2] It is within the district of Newark and Sherwood, on the east of the River Trent, less than half a mile from the riverside and 4 miles north of Newark-on-Trent.
| Holme | |
|---|---|
| Hamlet and civil parish | |
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 Parish map | |
  Holme Location within Nottinghamshire | |
| Area | 1.76 sq mi (4.6 km2) |
| Population | 80 (2021) |
| • Density | 45/sq mi (17/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SK 801590 |
| • London | 115 mi (185 km) SSE |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWARK |
| Postcode district | NG23 |
| Dialling code | 01636 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The parish church of St Giles is an Early Tudor rebuild of a 13th-century church. The Lancashire wool merchant John Barton was responsible for the rebuilding. He died in 1491, and is buried in the chancel with his wife. In a window of his house at Holme is inscribed the verse:
- I thanke God, and ever shall,
- It is the sheep have paid for all.[3]
Holme was historically a chapelry in the ancient parish of North Muskham. Until about 1575 it lay on the west side of the River Trent, but there was then a cataclysmic flood which changed the course of the river.[4] Holme was therefore separated by the river from the rest of the parish. In 1866 Holme became a separate civil parish.[5]
The last known catch of a sturgeon on the Trent occurred in 1902 near the village, the fish was eight and a half feet long and weighed 250 pounds.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Holme (Newark and Sherwood) parish (E04007914)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 145.
- ^ Winthorpe Community Website: Langford Church History
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ Stone, Richard (2005). River Trent. Phillimore. pp. 101–102. ISBN 1860773567.
External links edit
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