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"HOLTON-LE-CLAY, a parish in the hundred of Bradley Haverstoe, parts of Lindsey, county Lincoln, 5 miles S. of Great Grimsby, its post town, and 9 N.W. of Louth. It is a station on the East Lincolnshire railway. The village is small, and wholly agricultural. The great tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £4, and the vicarial for £6 5s. 8d. The living is a vicarage in' the diocese of Lincoln, value £92. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, was restored and partly rebuilt in 1850. The edifice is small, with a tower containing three bells. The register dates from 1640. The Humbleton free school is open to children of this parish. There are places of worship for the Wesleyans and Methodists. The manor is held by Sir Montague J. Cholmeley of the duchy of Lancaster."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2020
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The Library at Louth will prove useful in your research.
Ian S. has a photograph of the EntranceGeo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
- The parish was in the Tetney sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
YearPiece No. 1841 H.O. 107 / 637 1851 H.O. 107 / 2112 1861 R.G. 9 / 2387 1871 R.G. 10 / 3410 1881 R.G. 11 / 3266 1891 R.G. 12 / 2611
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- Parts of the church building date back to Saxon or early Norman times.
- The church was repaired and partly rebuilt in 1850.
- The church was restored and repaired in 1868.
- Within the churchyard there is a 14th-century cross base and shaft.
- The church seats only 90.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2005.
- Here is a photo of St. Peter's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1750.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists also had a small chapel here, built in 1827. The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel built in 1836.
- For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Tetney sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Holton-le-Clay is a village and a parish 150 miles north of London and about 5 miles south of Great Grimsby. The parish covers about 1,530 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the village is on the road between Grimsby and Louth (now the A16).
- Stagecoach Lincolnshire provides daily bus service on its 51 line.
- Both railway stations in the parish are now closed (both around 1961).
- John FIRTH has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2011.
- John BEAL has a photograph of where one of the Railway stations used to be, on Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"HOLTON-LE-CLAY, a parish in the hundred of Bradley Haverstoe, parts of Lindsey, county Lincoln, 5 miles S. of Great Grimsby, its post town, and 9 N.W. of Louth. It is a station on the East Lincolnshire railway. The village is small, and wholly agricultural. The great tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £4, and the vicarial for £6 5s. 8d. The living is a vicarage in' the diocese of Lincoln, value £92. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, was restored and partly rebuilt in 1850. The edifice is small, with a tower containing three bells. The register dates from 1640. The Humbleton free school is open to children of this parish. There are places of worship for the Wesleyans and Methodists. The manor is held by Sir Montague J. Cholmeley of the duchy of Lancaster."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Holton le Clay to another place.
- The Royal Oak Inn serves as the hub of local news and information in the village.
- Ian S. has a photograph of the Royal Oak on Louth Road on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2017
- These are the names associated with the Royal Oak P. H. in various directories:
| Year | Person |
|---|---|
| 1842 | -- not listed -- |
| 1856 | -- not listed -- |
| 1868 | -- not listed -- |
| 1872 | Charles STOVIN, victualler |
| 1882 | John FRESHNEY, vict. |
| 1889 | William BLACKBORN. |
| 1900 | Joseph W. LITTLE |
| 1913 | Arthur Atkinson KIRK |
| 1930 | Fred FARMERY |
The Royal Oak had two lodgers in 1881. Here is the census entry (RG 11/3266 folio 158):
Relationship Name Sex Age Where born Head John FRESHNEY M 52 Fulstow, Lincolnshire wife Ellen FRESHNEY F 51 Aylesby, Lincolnshire servant Jane SHERIFF F 16 North Thoresby, Lincolnshire lodger Maria BLACKBURN F 35 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire lodger William GRANT M 53 Alford, Lincolnshire
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA286028 (Lat/Lon: 53.50617, -0.06242), Holton le Clay 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 phtograph of the churchyard War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014. It shows the names of 10 people from the parish who died in both World Wars.
- The Imperial War Museum has more details on the above memorial.
- November 1978 saw the unveiling of the 100 Sqn RAF memorial at Holton le Clay, close to the Squadron's WWII base at Waltham. The RAF memorial is located next to the A16. The old airfield is just to the south-west of the village.
John Readman provides the following, taken from the Roll of Honour at St. Peter's church. (See our disclaimer.) It's for the Great War 1914-1919. It lists all the people from the village who went to war and names those who were killed:
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There is one Commonwealth War Grave from World War II in St. Peter's churchyard:
- Frank BAXTER, skipper MS trawler Montano, Royal Navy Reserve, died 22 Spet. 1943. Frank died of a heart attack, not from enemy action. The Montano was used as a minesweeper.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2018. The Hall was built in 1905. Stop in when they are open and ask to see the Schedule of Forth-coming events.
- For civil or political issues you may contact the Parish Council, but they are NOT equipped or staffed to do family history searches. Meetings are held in the Village Hall.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Grimsby petty session hearings.
- The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1765.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
- A Council School, built for 72 children, served the parish.
- Today the parish is served by an Infants School and a Junior School. High School children attend school in Louth. For more information see their Holton le Clay Schools website.
- Ian S. has a photograph of the Former Village School on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2017.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.