LINCOLNSHIRE ARCHIVES
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR
Deposited on 6 November 1978 (Acc 78/102), 23 October 1985 (Acc 85/135),
23 July 1986 (Acc 86/83) and 28 June 1999 (Acc 99/66). HOLBEACH ALL
SAINTS PAR/2/1-2 were found with the records of the parish of St John,
Hackney, in 1956 and sent to Lincolnshire Archives by the Archivist of the
London County Council. For Holbeach parish records, see also HD/65/1/1-14.
For Holbeach St Mark with St Matthew parish magazines, 1908 (1 vol), see
MISC DON/520.
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Registers
[See also HOLBEACH ALL
SAINTS PAR/23/10]
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General register
1560-1612
Baptisms 1560-1605, 1607-1612.
Marriages 1560-1605, 16071612.
Burials 1560-1605, 1607-1612.
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General register
Baptisms 1657/8-1701.
Marriages 1657/8-1701.
Burials 1657/8-1701.
At the front are some
miscellaneous entries, 16471675; at the end is a register of
briefs, 1659-1698.
1647-1701
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General register
Baptisms 1701-1738.
Marriages 1701-1738.
Burials 1701-1738.
Note at the end: on 26 October
1751 the weathercock was blown
down and landed within 3 feet of
Bryant White, cordwainer, who
was collecting rainwater at the
time.
NFP
1701-1738
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General register
Baptisms 1739-1812.
Marriages 1739-1812.
1739-1812
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Burials 1739-1812.
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Marriages, with banns
Marriages 1754-1774.
Banns 1754-1759.
1754-1774
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Marriages, with banns
1774-1796
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Marriages
1796-1812
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Baptisms
1813-1831
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Baptisms
1831-1850
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PAR/1/10
Marriages
1813-1837
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PAR/1/11
Marriages
1837-1850
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PAR/1/12
Marriages
1850-1866
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PAR/1/13
Burials
1813-1839
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PAR/1/14
Baptisms
1850-1904
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PAR/1/15
Baptisms
1904-1946
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PAR/1/16
Marriages
1866-1893
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Burials
1839-1892
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PAR/1/18
Burials
Enclosed: Letter of Mr Leigh
Pemberton, Whitehall,
authorizing burial of Mrs Louisa
Harrison since it will not be
injurous to public health, 4 Nov
1892.
1892-1964
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Marriages
1894-1925
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Marriages
1925-1937
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PAR/1/20
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Marriages
1937-1946
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Marriages
1946-1955
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Marriages
1955-1965
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Marriages
1965-1974
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Marriages
1974-1986
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Baptisms
1946-1976
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Burials
1964-1977
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Banns Books
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Banns book
Inscription in front: ''Revd Cs
Rushworth, A.M., Curate 1796''.
NFP
Cover off.
1796-1833
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Banns book
Most of volume unused.
NFP
1823-1833
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Banns book
1860-1877
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Banns book
1878-1886
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Banns book
1886-1894
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Banns book
1894-1900
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Banns book
1900-1914
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Banns book
1972-1987
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Tithe
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''The Nature of Agistment Tithe of 1778
Unprofitable Stock...''
''...Illustrated in the case of The
Vicar of Holbeach as decreed by
the Right Honourable Lord Chief
Baron Parker, Baron Smythe, etc
in The Court of Exchequer, in
Michaelmas Term, 1768, in a
Letter to the Clergy of the
Archdeaconry of Norwich'' by
Cecil Willis D.D., Vicar of
Holbeach and Prebendary of the
Cathedral Church of Lincoln.
2nd edition, with additions,
London.
Manuscript note on front: ''When
the author of this pamphlet died
his parishioners rang a peal for
joy; but soon after the
appointment of his successor
they had cause to wish for their
old Vicar, as the present one
nearly doubled their tithes''.
76pp
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Assessment: Holbeach vicarial
tithe rent charge
Names and amounts.
1865
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Certificates of the redemption of
tithe rent-charge, Holbeach
1921-1936
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Certificate of the redemption of
tithe rent-charge, Holbeach
22 Aug 1921
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Certificate of the redemption of
tithe rent-charge, Holbeach
24 Oct 1921
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Certificate of the redemption of
tithe rent-charge, Holbeach
24 Oct 1921
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Certificate of the redemption of
tithe rent-charge, Holbeach
7 Oct 1922
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Certificate of the redemption of
tithe rent-charge, Holbeach
22 Feb 1923
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Certificate of the redemption of
tithe rent-charge, Holbeach
3 Nov 1927
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Certificate of the redemption of
tithe rent-charge, Holbeach
26 Nov 1929
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PAR/4/3/8
Certificate of the redemption of
tithe rent-charge, Holbeach
31 Mar 1936
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Letters from the Bounty Office to 1920-1931
Canon Hutchinson
About the redemption of tithe rent
charge.
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Benefice
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''Papers connected with
purchase of 13a 1. 27 for S.
John's''
1802-1906
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PAR/5/1/1-2
Lease and release
1. John Pearse of Lincolns Inn
Fields, Middlesex, esq., eldest
son and heir at law and also
devisee in fee named in the will
of Nicholas Pearse, late of
Lothbury in the City of London,
esq., deceased, who was
devisee in remainder named in
the will of Brice Fisher, late of
Craigs Court, Charing Cross,
esq., deceased.
2. James Wilson of Holbeach,
grazier.
3. Thomas Foster of Spalding,
gent.
Property: piece of meadow or
pasture ground (13 acres, 3
roods and 19 perches) in
Holbeach, abutting on a road or
common sewer on the east, on
Pigs Lane on the north, on lands
of John Pearse on the west, and
on lands of Mrs Freemantle on
the south.
Consideration: £527 from 1 to 2.
With covenant for the production
of title deeds by 1.
Schedule of deeds, 1761-97.
19-20 Mar
1802
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Abstract of title
c1802
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PAR/5/1/3
Title of John Pearse esq. to
divers lands and hereditaments
in Holbeach and Whaplode,
1661-1797.
Familes of Carr and Holles, Duke
of Newcastle.
Property includes manor or
lordship or reputed manor or
lordship of Little Berry in
Whaplode and same in
Holbeach.
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PAR/5/1/4
Copy of will
James Wilson of Holbeach,
farmer. Written 9 Nov 1807,
proved at Lincoln on 21 Apr
1808.
?1808
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PAR/5/1/5
Conditions of sale
The late James Wilson's estate,
Lot 1.
Northern moiety of a close in
Holbeach, 13 acres, 1 rood and
27 perches.
1843
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Conditions of sale
The late James Wilson's estate,
Lot 2.
Southern moiety of a close in
Holbeach, 13 acres, 1 rood and
27 perches.
1843
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PAR/5/1/7
Abstract of title
Title of the surviving trustee of
the will of James Wilson,
deceased, to Lots 1 and 2 of the
testator's estate in Holbeach.
1843
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PAR/5/1/8
Letter from Diocesan Registry
Henry Scott, for Mr Swan, to
Thomas Ayliff esq., about the
registration of the bargain and
sale of piece of land for the
endowment of St John's Chapel,
Holbeach, and the retention of
endowment deeds by the
Registry.
8 Dec 1843
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PAR/5/1/9
Letter
Calthrop & Leopold Harvey to
4 Oct 1901
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vicar of Holbeach, enclosing
copy of deed of gift of Snarey
Institute.
Note, that he refused to accept
the trust.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/5/1/10-21
Letters and papers
About the chapelry of St John,
Holbeach Fen, the sites of the
church and school, the
appointment of a churchwarden
in 1904, and the transfer of
jurisdiction of the school from the
Charity Commissioners to the
Board of Education.
1904-1906
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR/5/2
File of correspondence
Correspondence between Revd
Arthur Brook, Vicar of Holbeach,
and the Secretary of the
Ecclesiastical Commission about
the provision of additional
churches in the parish of
Holbeach; formation of 3 new
districts, especially about St
John's, Holbeach Fen (a
consolidated chapelry); provision
of parsonage house; provision of
endowment.
6 Apr 186630 July 1868
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR/5/3
File of correspondence
Letters from the Secretary of the
Ecclesiastical Commission to the
vicar of Holbeach (without most
of the vicar's drafts). About the
three intended churches, two for
Holbeach Marsh and the third for
the proposed district of Holbeach
Hurn; parsonage houses;
assignment of district to St
Mark's, Holbeach Marsh.
13 Feb
1867-28 Sep
1869
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Other letters with various papers
Letters to Revd Arthur Brook
about St Mark's, St Matthew's
and St Luke's. Includes papers
about brick-making; tenders;
receipts for payments; bill for
consecration of new church and
churchyard, St Mark and St
1868-1869
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Matthew, Holbeach Marsh;
licencing of Clough Church Shed;
accounts of subscriptions; letters
in reply to requests for
subscriptions.
Ewan Christian is architect,
Charles Bennett of Lynn is
builder.
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Other papers about the Marsh
and Fen Churches
1867-1872
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PAR/5/5/1
Pages from the London Gazette
26 Jun 1867: Order in Council formation of consolidated
chapelry for church of St John,
Holbeach Fen.
14 Apr 1869: Order in Council assignment of a district chapelry
to the consecrated church of St
Mark, Holbeach Marsh.
31 Mar 1870: Order in Council assignment of a district chapelry
to the consecrated church of St
Luke, Holbeach Hurn.
4ff
1867-1870
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PAR/5/5/2
Miscellaneous papers
Manuscript account of receipts
for building St Mark's and St
Matthew's.
Page from parish magazine
showing receipts and expenses
for building church.
Receipt for donations from Revd
A. Brook.
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PAR/5/5/3
Manuscript notes by Canon
Hemmans on the Holbeach
Marsh churches
Their building and the
assignment of their districts: St
Matthew, St Mark, St Luke and
St John.
n.d.
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PAR/5/5/4
Licence to hold divine service in
the Fen Church Shed, Holbeach
11 Jan 1872
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Copy of London Gazette
Includes grant by Ecclesiastical
5 Dec 1872
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Commissioners to incumbent of a
yearly stipend of £120.
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Copy of instrument from
Ecclesiastical Commissioners
Conveying to the incumbent the
sum of 11s 3d payable for
procurations.
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Vicarage / Rectory
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR/6/1
Plan and elevation
'Design for altering the vicarage
of Holbeach', Robert Ellis.
23 Nov 1840
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Counterpart of mortgage
1. Revd James Norton, vicar of
Holbeach.
2. The Governors of Queen
Anne's Bounty.
Demise for 35 years. 1 to pay
yearly interest at 3½% and one
thirtieth of the principal money.
Mortgage is under Act of 17 Geo.
III and is to enable 1 to enlarge,
alter and repair the vicarage
house.
Property: all the glebe lands,
tithes, rents and other
emoluments payable to the vicar
of Holbeach.
Consideration: £825 paid into the
hands of Thomas Ayliff of
Holbeach, gent.
26 Dec 1840
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Churchwarden
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR/7/1
Account book
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR/9
Fabric of the Church
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR/9/1
Papers relating to church
restoration
1866-1873
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/9/1/1
Minute book: Committee for
restoring the parish church and
building a new church in
21 June
1866-28 Feb
1870
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June 1879
1871-1903
Holbeach March
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PAR/9/1/1a
Citation about grant of faculty
To carry into effect
improvements.
26 Sep 1866
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PAR/9/1/2
Faculty for restoring and
reseating the parish church
5 Oct 1866
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/9/1/3
File of letters, papers, accounts,
1866-1870
vouchers, etc
Includes: 2 letters from
Archdeacon Edward Trollope
about roof design; letters in reply
to requests for donations and
about soliciting contributions; lists
of subscriptions; draft of letter
asking for funds; requests to
landowners of the parish; tenders
from Charles Bennett for roofing
the aisles, 1867, with his
receipted account.
Some of the donations are for the
building of the Marsh Churches.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/9/1/4
File of letters, papers, accounts,
vouchers, etc
Include: draft of initial letter from
the vicar to Ewan Christian,
architect; draft minutes; poster
and circular letters, 1866; tender
from William Brown for rebuilding
spire; letters from JW Walker's
about removal of organ.
1866
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PAR/9/1/5
File of letters, papers, accounts,
vouchers, etc
Includes: letters from the
Ecclesiastical Commission;
papers about gas installation.
1866-1873
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/9/1/6
Correspondence and answers to 1868-1872
queries
Correspondence between the
vicar, the Revd Arthur Brook, and
the architect.
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PAR/9/1/7
File of receipted vouchers and
receipts in connection with
church restoration
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1866-1872
Includes a list of collectors; a
certificate from Ewan Christian
about the payment of an
instalment to Mr Bennett of Lynn,
builder; small notebook with
accounts of contributions; small
notebook with accounts of
disbursements; accounts with
Ewan Christian, architect.
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Papers relating to church
restoration
1877-1881
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PAR/9/2/1
Narrative of events connected
with the restoration
Written by the vicar.
Various enclosures: letters about
the building work from Ewan
Christian, architect, and CH
Purday, his assistant; letters
about lightning conductor; copies
of letters from vicar to architect;
letter from last vicar, Revd A
Brook, to present vicar, Revd F
Hemmans; letters in reply to
appeals for donations, one from
the Bishop [Wordsworth];
accounts of receipts and
donations; bazaar accounts,
press description, notices and
posters; receipts by James
Fawn, builder, and others for
payments on account of work
done; vouchers; 2 copies of the
Stamford Mercury with notices
about contract, 1878, 1879.
Exercise book with marbled
paper cover.
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Plans and specification:
Holbeach parish church
i. Specification: re-flooring and
re-fitting the interior of the north
and south aisles, Dec 1879.
ii. Plan: proposed refitting of
north and south aisle.
iii. Plan: details of seating for
aisles.
[Dec 1879]
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Papers about the repair of the
1897-1898
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north porch after it had subsided
Include: minutes of meeting held
14 Apr 1897 to consider the best
method of commemorating the
Diamond Jubilee; letters from RH
Holmes Hand of Spalding, the
architect, and his report on the
porch, 10 Jun 1897 (refers to
plans and elevations which are
not here); printed appeal sheets
and lists of subscribers; receipted
accounts from Pinder & Son,
builders, of Boston, 1897-8;
letters from Henry Peet in
Liverpool about the architecture
of the porch (in one it is
suggested that a committee of
lady bicyclists be formed, the
parish divided into districts with
two or more ladies to each
district, to visit every household
for a contribution).
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Papers about the bells
1880-1905
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PAR/9/4/1
Letter from Jerram & Blackbourn,
Spalding
About examination and
necessary repairs.
Nov 1880
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PAR/9/4/2
List of bells
1880
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PAR/9/4/3
Plan and sectional elevation of
cast-iron bell-frame
Backed on cotton.
n.d.
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PAR/9/4/4
Notes of work to be done in
belfry by Revd H Law James of
Surfleet
With letter from him.
1902
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PAR/9/4/5
Letter, report on bells and
estimate for necessary work
From Mears and Stainbank,
Whitechapel.
1904
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PAR/9/4/6
Letters, report and estimate
From Thomas Blackbourn, The
Friary Works, Salisbury.
1902-1905
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Papers concerning the organ
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PAR/9/5/A
Papers about the choice of a
1873-1886
builder
Notes and particulars of organs;
letters from J Sheehan Dare from
Hatfield; letters from and
testimonials for Alfred Kirkland of
Holloway Road.
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PAR/9/5/B
Letters from contributors
1879-1886
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PAR/9/5/C
Miscellaneous papers relating to
bazaars held to raise funds for
the organ
Accounts, posters, newspaper
cuttings.
1884-1887
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PAR/9/5/D
Letters from J Sheehan Dare and 1886
Alfred Monk
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PAR/9/5/E
Sale of old organ: letters
1886
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PAR/9/5/F
''Contract, account,
correspondence with Kirkland''
Specification and estimate from
Alfred Kirkland of Holloway
Road, London N, 1886;
Kirkland's first specification and
estimate, 1885; contract; letters;
receipted account; plan and
sections; letter to Ewan Christian
about cutting through pillar by
organ which contains a newel
stair, and his reply, 1886.
1885-1886
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/9/5/G
Letters concerning the opening of 1886
the organ
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PAR/9/5/H
Copy of accounts for new organ
at Holbeach built by Jos. Walker
The subscribers to the Holbeach
Organ in account with Thomas
Sturton, their secretary and
treasurer.
Exercise book.
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1835-1903
1835
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PAR/9/5/J
Journal of events connected with
the acquisition of the new organ
By the vicar, Revd F Hemmans.
In 4 exercise books.
n.d.
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PAR/9/5/K
Journal about cleaning of the
organ
With subscription list.
Similar to HOLBEACH ALL
SAINTS PAR/9/5/J.
1903
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PAR/9/5/L
Papers concerning the organ
1886-1888
case erected in 1887
Letters, many from Thomas
Clarke, ex-Sheriff of London and
Middlesex, who paid for its
erection, and from RJ Withers,
architect. Also papers concerning
bazaar, 1887.
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Charity
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/15/1
Volume entitled 'Charities of the
c1871-1887
Parish of Holbeach'
Copies from Report of Charity
Commissioners, 1837, by
Charles Webb, churchwarden,
1871.
Includes printed copy of order of
Charity Commission in the matter
of James Thompson's Charity,
1878; printed copy of order of
Charity Commissioners in the
matter of the charity of the Hon.
Edward Duncombe, 1887.
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PAR/15/2
Account book, Holbeach
Charities
Labelled ''Dole Book''.
Income receipts from rents of
charity lands.
Expenditure on dole.
Other expenses.
Minutes of two meetings of
trustees held in 1889 (p.40).
Memorandum for the information
of any trustees appointed by the
Urban Council, 1895 (pp.51-54).
Minutes of meeting of trustees,
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1872-1910
23 Feb 1897 (p.57).
Minutes of meeting of trustees,
10 Nov 1898 (p.59).
Minutes of meeting of trustees,
24 Nov 1898 (p.61).
Minutes of meeting of trustees,
10 Mar 1904 (p.73).
Minutes of meeting of trustees, 2
Mar 1907 (p.87).
87pp used, rest of volume blank.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/15/3
Dole books
Some for St Mark's, Holbeach
Marsh, Hurn or St Luke's, Drove
Fen and St John's, Bank and
Clough, and Town Dole.
8 vols
1881-1894
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PAR/15/4
Holbeach St Mark's Dole
List of applicants.
Name, age, weekly wages,
number of children under 12,
groundkeeper or foreman;
whether living rent free; how long
in Holbeach parish; widow, if any
children, how many; any special
reason for giving dole; remarks.
1878
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PAR/15/5
Copies of parts of the Charity
Commissioners' Report of 1837
Three exercise books.
n.d.
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PAR/15/6
Miscellaneous papers
1883-1901
Posters, 1899-1901.
List of lands belonging to the
Grammar School, with acreage
and rental.
Letters to Canon Hemmans
about doles, 1890-94.
Page of Stamford Mercury, 9 Mar
1883, with article on charity lands
in Lincolnshire.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/15/7
Papers concerning John Morse's
charity
Original Chancery Order for
transfer of £100 3% annuities
into the name of the Official
Trustees of Charitable Funds in
trust for John Morse's Charity,
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1872
Holbeach, etc., 20 Jan 1872.
Letters to the vicar from the
Charity Commission and others,
1872.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/15/8
Papers concerning James
Thompson's charity
Charity: £5 to schoolmaster to
teach 12 poor children.
Letters from Charity Commission
about a scheme, 1877-79.
Scheme of Charity Commission,
29 Nov 1878.
Minutes of trustees, 1879-82
(exercise book).
Vouchers, etc., 1880-99.
1877-1899
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/15/9
Copy of conveyance (deed of
gift)
William Snarey of Holbeach esq.,
to the vicar and trustees.
Property: building or tenement
with land formerly part of
vicarage paddock (18p.).
The large room to be used as a
Sunday School, so long as the
vicar pays the trustees 50s. a
year. The 50s. to be used
towards the cost of keeping in
repair the Curfew Bell in the
parish church and ringing it.
Premises to be used as a
Reading Room, so long as rent
of £10 a year is paid to trustees.
20 Dec 1900
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/15/10
Typescript list of documents in
Box 2 (about charities)
Made by RV Clements.
Oct 1938
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR/16
School
Kelly's Lincolnshire Directory
1919 states that land of the
former Grammar School was
leased to the managers of the
Church of England Girls
Elementary School; HOLBEACH
ALL SAINTS PAR/16/2-4 relate
to these transactions.
[See also HD/65/1/15-16 for
records relating to the Farmer
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Foundation]
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/16/1
Photocopy of conveyance
1. Samuel Clarke of Holbeach,
carpenter and builder.
2. Vicar, churchwardens and
overseers of the poor of
Holbeach and their successors.
Conveyance by 1 to 2 under the
authority of an Act to afford for
the facilities for the conveyance
and endowment of sites for
schools.
Property: freehold land in
Holbeach called the ''Molt'' to be
used as a site for a school for the
education of female children of
the labouring and other poorer
classes in Holbeach.
Consideration: £59 10s 0d.
[See HD/65/11 for original]
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/16/2
Lease for 99 years
24 Nov 1913
1. Revd John Oakley, vicar of
Holbeach St Luke; John Wilson
Gleed of Spalding MA; Robert
Merry of Fleet JP; Herbert
Parkinson Carter, farmer; John
Walter Chamberlain, printer;
John Fred Clark, jeweller; Frank
Fletcher, grocer and draper;
Edward John Patten Franklin,
grocer; Thomas Wright Lane,
farmer; Robert Lee Merry,
draper; Joseph Sibsey Rice
Tingle, jeweller; all of Holbeach,
being the majority of governors of
the Farmer Educational
Foundation.
2. Revd Frederick William
Hutchinson, vicar of Holbeach;
Samuel Septimus Mossop the
younger, solicitor, and Charles
Henry Curtis, jeweller, both of
Holbeach, churchwardens; John
Bailey of Holbeach, farmer,
Herbert Joseph Harrison of
Holbeach St John's, farmer,
George Burges of Holbeach Fen,
farmer, and Reginald Percy
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18 June
1844
Worth of Holbeach Marsh,
farmer, overseers of the poor of
Holbeach.
Lease from 1 to 2.
Property: portion of land and
buildings in Holbeach, part of
former Grammar School (shown
on plan).
Annual rent: £10.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/16/3
Lease for 98 years
1. Revd John Oakley, vicar of
Holbeach St Luke; Robert Merry
of Fleet JP; Herbert Parkinson
Carter, farmer; John Walker
Chamberlin, printer; Frank
Fletcher, grocer and draper;
Edward John Patten Franklin,
grocer; Thomas Wright Lane,
farmer; Robert Lee Merry,
draper; Joseph Sibsey Rice
Tingle, jeweller; all of Holbeach,
being the majority of the present
governors of the Farmer
Educational Foundation.
2. Revd Frederick William
Hutchinson, vicar of Holbeach;
Samuel Septimus Mossop the
younger, solicitor, and Charles
Henry Curtis, jeweller, both of
Holbeach, churchwardens; John
Bailey of Holbeach, farmer,
Herbert Joseph Harrison of
Holbeach St John, farmer,
George Burges of Holbeach Fen,
farmer, and Reginald Percy
Worth of Holbeach Marsh,
farmer, overseers of the poor of
Holbeach.
Lease from 1 to 2.
Property: portion of land in
Holbeach, part of former
Grammar School field (shown on
plan).
Annual rent: 10s.
30 Sep 1914
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/16/4
Lease for £53
1. The official trustees of charity
lands.
2. Revd Henry John Nugent
29 Sep 1959
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Skelton; John Donald Mawby,
farmer; John George
Westmoreland, retired
schoolmaster; William Haley
Baines, farmer; Edward Menzies
Franklin, grocer; Eric Angell
Lane, farmer; Revd Canon Cyril
Vaughan Browne-Wilkinson;
William Percy Worth, farmer; all
present governors of the Farmer
Educational Foundation.
Lease by 1 to 2.
Property: portion of land in
Holbeach, part of former
Grammar School field, to be
used as site for new primary
school (shown on plan).
Annual rent: £26.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/16/5
Letter relating to the deeds of the
school
From the Diocesan Director of
Education to Revd Skelton.
Enclosed: schedule of deeds
relating to Holbeach Church of
England Voluntary Controlled
Primary School (2pp.).
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR/20
Parochial Church Council
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/20/1
Minute book
At end: Church Heating
Committee minutes, 1920-1921.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR/23
Miscellaneous
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/1
Feoffment
16 Aug 1796
1. Torry Elston of Holbeach,
grazier.
2. Revd Edward Maltby of
Buckden, Huntingdonshire, clerk.
Conveyance by 1 to 2. Subject to
1 and all future owners making
and maintaining a good brick wall
across the west end.
Property: piece of land (175ft x
65ft) in Holbeach, abutting on
lands formerly of Dr James
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30 Oct 1959
1920-1929
Hibbins but now of John
Bothamley, called the Dog Yard
on the east, on the vicarage of
Holbeach on the south, on lands
of the said Torry Elston on the
west, and on the parish
churchyard on the north.
With covenant for production of
title deeds, dated 1746-92.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/2
Communicants' roll
All Saints, Holbeach.
1914-1915
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/3
Plan
Freehold estates at Holbeach
Drove for sale on 28 Jun 1900.
Printed.
1900
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/4
Marriage licence
John Green of Holbeach All
Saints, bachelor, and Jane Addy
Elsom of Holbeach St John,
spinster.
11 Oct 1899
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/5
Circular about the Births and
Deaths Registration Act
1874
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/6
Memorandum about the duties
imposed on the clergy by the
Acts relating to marriage, 183656
[1856?]
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/7
Inscriptions on the Bells of the
Fen and Marshland Churches in
Lincoln, Norfolk and
Cambridgeshire
Collected and printed by JR
Jerram, Holbeach, 1873.
Printed pamphlet.
1873
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/8
On the Chantry Chapels at
Holbeach, suppressed A.D. 1548
Offprint of article by GW
Macdonald, vicar of St Mark's,
Holbeach.
n.d.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/9
Visitors' book
All Saints, Holbeach.
11 June
1913-19 Sep
1917
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HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/10
Duplicate copies (?) of Bishops'
Transcripts
Contemporary copies. They
survive for the following years
(year runs from Michaelmas):
1563-64*, 1564-65*, 1565-66,
1566-67*, 1568-69*, 1569-70*,
1571-72*, 1574-75*, 1576-77,
1577-78, 1578-79*, 1579-80*,
1580-81*, 1582-83*, 1583-84*,
1585-86, 1589-90, 1590-91,
1593-94, 1595-96, 1742.
(* indicates that the original
Bishops' Transcript for that year
has not survived).
1 bundle.
1563-1572
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/23/11
Holbeach cemetery register
1854-1875
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS PAR/24
Papers of Canon F Hemmans
1866-1911
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/1
Notes taken at various retreats
1866-1893
St John's, Hurstpierpoint, 10-13
Jul 1866, conducted by Revd R
Milman Rand; 9-12 Sep 1867, by
Revd RM Benson.
St Augustine's, Canterbury, 5-9
Jul 1869, by Revd RM Benson.
Holbeach, Quiet Day, 28 Apr
1882, by Revd JC Massey
(timetable only).
Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln, 16-18
Apr 1884, by Canon Boyd
Carpenter and the Warden.
Spalding, 8-10 Dec 1885, clergy
of East and West Elloe, Bishop
King.
Lincoln Cathedral, 22-25 Sep
1891, clergy, Revd Charles Gore.
Tetney, Quiet Day, 28 Jun 1893,
clergy of Grimsby Deanery,
Bishop King.
Include timetables and, for the
earlier retreats, notes of names
of clergy present.
Notebook, octavo, various
enclosures.
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HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/2
List of monuments in Holbeach
church
Made by Canon Hemmans. With
copies of their inscriptions and
notes of entries from the parish
registers relating to the persons
buried and other genealogical
information, arranged under
surnames. Some loose papers
inserted. A few letters enclosed,
in response to genealogical
enquiries. Inscriptions from
stones in churchyard.
p.213: Note about the vicarage
shutters being lined with iron
after a riot in 1838.
p.217-222: Concerning the spire
of the church being struck by
lightning in 1906 and its repair.
Enclosures: list of subscribers;
estimate and letters from W
Larkins of Bow, steeplejack;
articles on Larkins from The
Illustrated Mail, 14 Oct 1905, and
the Church Magazine, Jul 1905;
prayer for men working on the
spire; newspaper cutting on the
progress on Methodism at
Holbeach, Oct 1908.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/3
1890
Narrative of the Meeting of the
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire
Architectural and Archaeological
Societies at Holbeach
Full details of preparatory work,
samples of tickets, accounts,
cutting from Wisbech Standard,
20 Jun 1890.
Manuscript notebook, 9x6 ins.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/4
Copies of letters concerning the
1879-1882
Royal Commission on Cathedrals
Copy of Canon Hemmans' reply
of 3 Feb 1880 to circular of 18
Nov. Revision of the Lincoln
statutes.
Copy of questions addressed by
the Commissioners to the
Chapters through the Deans, 1
Sep 1879, with circular letter of
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n.d.
18 Nov 1879.
Copy of the representation of the
non-residentiary canons of
Lincoln forwarded to the
Commission, 1 Sep 1880.
Newspaper cutting, 1 Mar 1882,
about the Cathedrals
Commission.
Manuscript notebook, 9x6 ins.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/5
''Liber Cathedralis'' part II
A diary of his attendances at the
Cathedral for worship and for
business, 1885-1902.
Copy of a letter to the Dean from
Hemmans about the conduct of
installations, 26 Jun 1902.
Manuscript notebook, 9x6 ins.
1885-1902
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/6
A play: A Cure for a
Hypocondriac
In the hand of Canon Hemmans.
Manuscript notebook, 9x6 ins.
n.d.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/7
Notes on Holbeach parish
registers
Starting in 1739.
Manuscript notebook, 9x6 ins.
n.d.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/8
''An Attempt to trace the growth
of the town of Holbeach,
Lincolnshire, to the present time,
Jan 1 1884 and continued Sep
1901''
''The capital letters refer to a
Former Book (HOLBEACH ALL
SAINTS PAR/24/9) where the
names of streets and roads have
a letter assigned to them to
assist anyone in a search for a
particular house''.
A directory - proceeds along
streets with notes on buildings.
Manuscript notebook, 9x6 ins.
1884-1901
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/9
Holbeach street directory
Manuscript notebook, 9x6 ins.
[?18841901]
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/10
Genealogical notes, Holbeach
Families arranged alphabetically.
Late 19thearly 20th
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Dates of children, probably
based on parish registers.
Compiled by Canon Hemmans.
With a few letters on the subject
as enclosures.
Cent
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/11
Book of newspaper cuttings
Some stuck in, some inserted
loose.
Some relate to Holbeach, others
of general interest.
1887-1897
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/12
A common-place book
A miscellany of curious notes
and scraps of information. In
several hands.
Late 19th
Cent
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/13
Five log books of Canon
Hemmans
Notes about the church and
parish in diary form, with some
notices, cuttings, etc., including
notes about confirmations and
candidates.
i. 1872-1875.
ii. 1876-1883.
iii. 1884-1888.
iv. 1888-1901.
p.9: Note about Dr
Mountain, 1st Bishop of Quebec
(1793-), a former incumbent of
Holbeach; programme for Three
Hours Devotion, 19 Apr 1889.
pp.13v-14: Notes about
Bishop's 2nd and 3rd visitations.
p.121: Bishop's 5th
visitation.
v. 1902-1911.
1872-1911
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/14
Transcripts by Revd GW
n.d.
Macdonald
Terrier, 1606.
Abstracts or notes of terriers
from 1634-1825, with translations
and notes of other documents,
including ordination of the
vicarage in 1340.
Notes from Holbeach Town
Book, 1699.
Note of will of John Pimlowe,
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vicar of Holbeach, proved 1711.
Transcript of will of Master J
Curteys, vicar of Holbeach.
Transcripts of portions of parish
registers and Bishops'
Transcripts.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/15
Miscellaneous papers
Late 19th
Cent
Historical notes by GW
Macdonald, including list of
vicars, extracts from registers.
Poster, Queen's Jubilee, 21 Jun
1887.
Newspaper cuttings.
Notes on the church architecture
by Canon Hemmans.
Dole breat account, 1880-6.
Letter about Sturton family and
pedigree.
Several letters enquiring on
genealogical matters etc., late
19th century.
Letters about pamphlet on
Holbeach church by Henry Peet,
1890-1.
Stewkeley family pedigree,
printed.
Schedule of packages of papers
(about church) by Canon
Hemmans.
Draft letter from Hemmans to
Ecclesiastical Commissioners
asking them to purchase plot on
which stand 6 cottages so that it
may be restored to the
churchyard, with reply refusing to
consider it, 1896.
Letter and rough account about
tithe commutation, 1871.
Printed assessment of tithe rent
charges in Holbeach Union,
1876.
Part of typescript list of the parish
records made by RV Clemants in
Boxes I and III.
HOLBEACH ALL SAINTS
PAR/24/16
Parish Registers in England, their 1883
History and Contents, with
suggestions for securing their
better custody and preservation
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By RE Chester, London.
Bookplate: 'Fielder Hemmans,
MA, S. Pet. Coll. Camb.
Holbeach Vicarage'.
A. Enclosures:
1. Printed resolutions of a
conference of Archdeacons and
Rural Deans at Lincoln, 1 Sep
1886, to secure the better
preservation of parish registers.
Revd J Clare Hudson of
Thornton to be Secretary of
Committee set up.
2. Newspaper cutting about
meeting at which the said
resolutions were passed.
3. Printed copy of paper on
guardianship of parish registers
read by Bishop of Nottingham on
1 Sep 1886.
4. Printed form for making return
of parish registers.
5. Letter from Revd J Clare
Hudson answering Hemmans'
letter in the Diocesan Magazine
on the custody of parish
registers, 5 Oct 1886.
6. Same to same, more on parish
registers, 11 Oct 1886.
7. Postcard from same to same,
1 Nov 1886.
8. Letter, same to same, has now
over 50 returns in hand, 3 Nov
1886.
9. Letter, same to same,
acknowledging returns from
Holbeach, Sutton and Tydd, and
about his work on Horncastle
records, 6 Jun 1887.
9a. Enclosure: Printed rules and
list of meetings, etc., of the
Architectural and Archaeological
Society of the counties of Lincoln
and Nottingham, 1887.
10,11. Returns, in tabular form,
of the parish registers of
Scrivelsby and Hemingby
(newspaper cuttings).
12. Newspaper cutting, letter
from CTJ Moore, Frampton Hall,
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about Frampton parish registers
and mortality of 1586, 17 Dec
1886.
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