OS grid reference TF394270 Country England Post town Spalding Shire county Lincolnshire | Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district PE12 | |
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District South Holland, Lincolnshire UK parliament constituency South Holland and The Deepings | ||
Holbeach St Matthew is a small fenland village in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire, England. It lies 6 miles (10 km) north-east from Holbeach, 1 mile (1.6 km) south from The Wash, and within Holbeach Marsh.
Map of Holbeach St Matthew, Spalding, UK
In 1885 Kelly’s noted that the village was in the ecclesiastical parish of Holbeach Marsh, that a school for 72 children was about to be built, that its area was of 9,240 acres (37.4 km2), and had an 1881 population of 743. The hamlet's chapel of ease, dedicated to St Matthew, was built 1868-69 by Ewan Christian in Early English style, and was capable of holding 110 persons. It is constructed of brick, has a combined nave and chancel, a south porch, and an east of nave turret with bell. The chapel, now redundant, has been converted to residential use.