__NOTOC__ Moulton Chapel is a village in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the B1357 road, south from Moulton, south-west from Holbeach and 4 miles south-east from Spalding. The village is in the civil parish of The Moultons where the population was 3,504 at the 2011 census.
History In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted Moulton Chapel as a chapelry of Moulton, with a small octagonal chapel, erected in 1722. The living was a perpetual curacy.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 584
The 1722 chapel of St James, by William Sands, senior of Spalding, was a rebuild of an earlier chapel, and was enlarged in 1886. In 1896 Moulton Chapel became a separate ecclesiastical parish under the name of Moulton St James.Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 233; Methuen & Co. Ltd. Pevsner notes the church as a red-brick octagon with a chancel added in 1886, and a domed interior. The style is Dutch, influenced by late 17th-century fen drainers. There is a marble font, and a west gallery probably from the 19th century.Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 608; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. St James' is a Grade II* listed building.
With St James', on Roman Road, is a Grade II listed 1865 red-brick tower windmill.
In the late 1820s Thomas Nutt of Moulton Chapel developed and patented an improvement to beehives that allowed for heat regulation through improved ventilation, helped to prevent swarming, and encouraged bees to occupy other adjacent hives, thereby obviating the need to destroy bees in the collection of honey. The better welfare of bees produced a greater honey yield.Hebert, Luke (1836); The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1, Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row, London, p. 162; reprinted February 2010. Timms, John (1830); Arcana of Science and Art, Or, An Annual Register of Useful Inventions and Improvements, Discoveries; John Limbird p. 21; reprinted BiblioBazaar (2009). The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc (1833), p. 21; reprinted 2010. Hebert, Luke (1829); The Register of arts, and journal of patent inventions, Volume 3, B. Steill, Paternoster Row, London, p. 228; reprinted BiblioBazaar (2010). Nutt laid out his invention in his 1832 book Humanity to Honey Bees.Nutt, Thomas (1832); Humanity To Honey Bees: Or Practical Directions For The Management Of Honey Bees Upon An Improved And Humane Plan; J. Leach, Wisbeach; reprinted Kessinger Publishing Co (2009).
Education Moulton Chapel Primary School has National Healthy Schools Status and belongs to the Schools Sports Partnership. Its 2016 Ofsted Inspection judgement rated the school as 'Grade 2 Good' for overall effectiveness.(PDF)"Moulton Chapel Primary School"; Ofsted Inspection 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012
Notable residents Benjamin Zephaniah "spent his final years in Moulton Chapel".
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"Moulton"; Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2012 "Moulton Chapel Primary School"; Retrieved 3 June 2012 "Moulton Chapel Lincolnshire"; A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 June 2012 "Fast End to a Ring Career"; The Milwaukee Journal, 21 May 1966. Retrieved 3 June 2012