Holbeach Bank is a fenland village in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is just under north from the market town of Holbeach, and to the east of the A17 road. The village is almost conjoined at the west to the village of Holbeach Clough. Holbeach Bank is part of the Holbeach civil parish and is at the south-east edge of Holbeach Marsh.
History
In 1835 the Primitive Methodists of Holbeach Bank decided to build a chapel, as an alternative to occupying another vacated chapel.Rosman, Doreen (2003). The Evolution of the English Churches, 1500–2000, Cambridge University Press, p.191. A foundation stone for a new chapel was laid, with 90 members of the congregation each laying a brick on which they placed money; more than £7 was raised, with more than £50 promised to the trustees.Primitive Methodist Magazine (1864) p.630 PastScape records a Primitive Methodist chapel as being built in 1833. The building, gabled and of three bays, was demolished in 1999, and lay at the junction of Roman Bank and Star Lane.
A board school was built in 1877 with places for 180 children, of whom 130 attended on average.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, pp.478, 480 This previous village school is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "surprisingly large... [with] polychromatic brickwork and an array of lancets." He believes the architect might have been Joseph Sawyer who had built other board schools in the area.Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John: The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press, p.384.
Occupations listed in 1855 included a shopkeeper, cattle dealer, two farmers and a butcher, and in 1872 a bricklayer, a farmer, a beer house proprietor and two saddlers. The farmer and the beer retailer remained in 1885. By 1933 those listed included a farmer, a smallholder, a shopkeeper, a carpenter, two builders, and a beer retailer.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1855, p.120Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire, p.748,749Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1933, pp.296–298
In 1936 a scheme was drawn up by the Boston and District Electricity Supply Co. and presented to the Rural District Council, proposing a supply of electricity to Holbeach BankThe Electrical Journal, Volume 116, Benn Bros Ltd. p.588
Amenities The new village primary school is Holbeach Bank Academy (formerly Holbeach Bank Board School), on Roman Bank."Holbeach Bank Primary School", EduBase2, Department for Education. Retrieved 3 September 2014 The village football team plays in the Peterborough and District Football League."Holbeach Bank FC", TheFA.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014
Landmarks Victorian windmill on Washway Road The UK's smallest Pillbox on Penny-Bridge Road
References
External links
Holbeach Bank Primary School