Holton Beckering

• The parish was in the North-East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
   
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:

Census Year	Piece No.
1841	H.O. 107 / 637
1861	R.G. 9 / 2364
1871	R.G. 10 / 3377
1891	R.G. 12 / 2596
1901	R.G. 13 / 3067

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
   
• The church was rebuilt in 1800.
   
• The church was extensively repaired in 1859.
   
• The church underwent extensive repairs in 1870-1874.
   
• The church is a Grade I structure with English Heritage.
   
• The church seats 130 people.
   
• Tradition says that Beckering had a church once, but all trace is now gone.
   
• J. HANNAN-BRIGGS has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2012.
   
• Julian P. GUFFOGG also has a photograph of the Church Interior on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2016.
   
• Here is a photo of All Saints' Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
   

• The Anglican parish church register dates from the year 1560.
   
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
   
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
   

• The parish was in the North-East sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District.
   
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.

Holton Beckering is a parish and small town about 2.5 miles north of Wragby and 11 miles north-east of Lincoln. To the west is Wickenby parish, to the north is Lissington parish and to the south lies Rand parish. The parish covers about 1,800 acres. Included in the parish is the hamlet of Beckering on the south side of the valley. The parish is often refered to as "Holton cum Beckering". This name was adopted to differentiate this Holton from others in Lincolnshire.

The village of Holton lies on the north side of the valley. A small rivulet runs south of the village, eventually joining the River Witham. If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for more sources.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Holton Beckering to another place.

• In Kelly's 1900 directory, the principal landowners are Mrs. KIRKPATRICK-CALDECOT, lady of the manor, William FitzWilliam BURTON and Mr. John DENNARD of Owmby.

• Holton Hall was the seat of the CALDECOTT family for centuries.
   
• In 1842, Holton Hall was occupied by a Wm. Rayner BURTON.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF116813 (Lat/Lon: 53.316929, -0.32547), Holton Beckering which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• Ian S. has a photograph of the Boar War memorial on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2018. Alas, the contrast is too little to allow us to read the names.
   
• Ian S. also has a photograph of the World War One Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2018.

• The name Holton is Old English, Hoh+tun, or "farmstead on a spur of land". It first appears in the 1086 Domesday Book as Houtune. The name Beckering is probably Old Scandinavian, Beckkr+inga, or "dwellers at a stream".
  [A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," A. D. Mills, Oxford University Press, 1991]

• In White's 1843 directory, he lists the following people in the parish: Thos. Maddison ADAMS, William ADAMS, John BRATTON, Ann CAPP, William GOODMAN, Rev. J. HALE, Jno. JOHNSON, William LINGARD, Matthew PHILLIPSON, Isaac ROBINSON, George THOMPSON and Martin WEST.
   
• In Kelly's 1900 directory, he lists the following people in the parish: Thomas COOK, Thomas DRURY, John FENTON, Joseph GOY, Mrs. Sarah Jane HARDWICK, Thomas MILNS, Thomas MUMBY, Aiwyn MUSGRAVE, Percy MUSGRAVE, Campbell NEAVE, Rev. James OSBORNE, and Samuel TINKER.
   

• The parish was in the ancient Wraggoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey division of the county, in the parts of Lindsey.
   
• The parish has also been listed in Directories, perhaps erroneously, as in the East Lindsey division of the county.
   
• Holton cum Beckering Parish 
   
• Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Wragby petty session hearings on the first Thursday of the month.
   
• At an unknown date, Thomas BLOW and Mrs. Frances CALDECOTT left small sums each year for the poor of the parish.
   
• In 1622, William UNDERWOOD left property to generate 5 Shillings each year for the poor of the parish.
   
• In 1628, Robert HUNT left property to generate 10 Shillings annually for the poor of the parish.
   
• In 1660, William SPALDING left property to generate 6 Shillings, 8 pence each year for the poor of the parish.
   
• In 1662, Lund CALDECOTT left property to generate 33 Shillings each year for the poor of the parish.
   
• In 1696, William PARROTT left property to generate 3 Shillings, 4 pence each year for the poor of the parish.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Reform Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	104
1831	168
1841	191
1871	152
1881	165
1891	135
1911	118
1921	103
1951	123
1961	115
2001	150

• A Church of England School was built here some time before 1872. In 1900, average attendance was 13.
   
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.