Holton-le-Clay
| Holton-le-Clay | |
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 St Peter's Church, Holton le Clay |
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 Holton-le-Clay
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| Holton-le-Clay shown within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 3,691 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TA288027 |
| • London | 140 mi (230 km) S |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Grimsby |
| Postcode district | DN36 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Holton-le-Clay is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the extreme north of the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Grimsby on the A16. The village is twinned with Sargé-lès-le-Mans, Sarthe, France.
Ditched enclosures and boundaries of possible prehistoric or Roman origin have been found, and earthworks of Medieval origin, with tofts and crofts, are evident within and around the village.
In the Domesday account the village is written as "Holtone". It was within the manor of Tetney in the then Lindsey North Riding, and prior to the Norman conquest under the lordships of a Swein and Thorgisl. By 1086 the manor had fallen under the lordship of Ivo Taillebois.
In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted a parish area of 1,430 acres (5.8 km2) acres, and an 1881 population of 283. Production of crops was chiefly of wheat, barley, oats, turnips and seeds. Principal landowners included the Earl of Scarborough DL, and George Henry Haig DL JP of Grainsby. The manor was owned by the Duchy of Lancaster, and rented to Sir Hugh Henry Cholmeley Bt DL JP of Easton Park. There was a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1827, and a Primitive Methodist chapel dated 1836. At the time Holton-le-Clay railway station was on the East Lincolnshire branch of the Great Northern Railway, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south from the village. A further village station, Holton Village Halt, operated between 1905 and 1961.
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