Holbeach St Marks
Coordinates: 52°51′41″N 0°02′41″E / 52.861254°N 0.044592°E
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| OS grid reference | TF377312 |
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| - London | 96 mi (154 km) south |
| District | South Holland |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Spalding |
| Postcode district | PE12 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | South Holland and The Deepings |
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Holbeach St Marks is a fenland village in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire, England. It lies 4 miles (6.4 km) north from Holbeach and 3 miles (4.8 km) from The Wash.
The village church is dedicated to St Mark, and was built to the designs of Ewan Christian in 1868-69. In 1964 Pevsner mentioned that it was almost a copy of Christian’s Christ Church church at Dawsmere 4 miles (6.4 km) to the east. It is constructed of red brick with stone bands, a brick-faced interior, lancet windows, and a combined nave and apse. The slate roof holds a bellcote.[1]
T. H. White was once a resident at the village’s New Inn public house.[2]
The village school is The Holbeach St Mark’s Church of England Primary School for mixed gender 4 to 11 year olds, providing for pupils in the village and surrounding area.[3]
Holbeach St Marks was home to the Tinsley Food plant, a major county employer supplying Safeway and Marks and Spencer. In 2001 it closed its factory with the loss of 850 jobs.[4]
References
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 575; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8
- ^ Townsend Warner, Sylvia (1967) T H White: A biography, Cape with Chatto & Windus.
- ^ “The Holbeach St Mark’s Church of England Primary School: Inspection report”, Ofsted (2008). Retrieved 27 October 2011
- ^ “Workers stunned by factory closure”, BBC News, 19 September 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2001
External links
- Holbeach, Genuki.com. Retrieved 27 October 2011
- Crowhurst, Richard; A Short History of Holbeach St Marks. Retrieved 27 October 2011
