Mentioned in White's Directory 1856 "Cooke John, brewer and vict. Bell" and Kelly's Directory 1913 "Hanson Alfred, Bell P.H"

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The bridge carries the main road north-south through the village over the route of the former railway line. This means it is the responsibility of the County Highway authority to maintain it.

The railway was a branch line from Spilsby to Firsby.

Jean Howard, August 2023

The goods shed is shown on the 1888 map. It is clearly in use and kept in very good order.

Jean Howard, August 2023

A second view of the goods shed at OS Grid Ref: TF 41586 64485. Image taken from public footpath to the south.

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Now a private dwelling this view, seen from the higher elevation of the railway bridge to the north, shows the original railway station.

Jean Howard, August 2023

Now a private dwelling this view from the railway bridge shows the original railway station from the south-east. The goods shed can be seen in the background.

The railway closed to passengers in 1939 and to goods in 1958.

See: http://disused-stations.org.uk/h/halton_holgate/index.shtml  

Jean Howard, August 2023

White's Directory 1856 reports 

"The National School was built in1847. It receives most of the following yearly doles, left for the poor parishioners, namely - £2. 2s. from 1A. 8P. of land, allotted in lieu of the old poor's land, in Longlands Field; £1, left by Henry Mowbray, in 1697 and £2. 13s. 9d. from fourteen small rent-charges, one of which is only 1d., another 4d., two 6d., and two 1s. each"

In 1919 Kelly's Directory has "Public Elementary School (mixed), with master's residence attached, enlarged in 1907, for 100 children" Mrs. M. Evans, mistress"

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St Andrew, Halton Holegate, is largely Perpendicular and built in greenstone though the tower and east end are the work of James Fowler and G. E. Street in 1866-67.

The interior contains fine choir stalls and bench ends. There is a monument of an early fourteenth-century knight - possibly Sir John de Fenes.

Mark Acton, 2016

The tower, rebuilt by Fowler in 1866-67, has a large bell opening in Perpendicular style.

The tower not only has large angle buttresses between each face but also smaller buttresses midway along the three exposed sides.

May 2016

The clerestory built of Ancaster stone has eight closely set three-light windows.

The aisles were rebuilt in 1846.

May 2016

The large bell opening high in the tower of St Andrew's. It is in Perpendicular style.

May 2016

The porch of St Andrew's church is built of Ancaster stone. It has a parapet of two tiers of quatrefoils and pinnacles.

Either side of the entrance are traceried spandrels.

May 2016

Details of the double rows of quatrefoils above the porch.

May 2016

The small village of Halton Holegate lies 1 mile east of Spilsby.

It had a railway station on the Firsby Junction to Spilsby branch line which opened in 1868. Passenger services ended in 1939 and the line closed completely in 1958.

The Bell Inn, shown here on the left, is still open for business.

The fringe of the churchyard of St Andrew's appears on the right.

undated postcard

The original chapel of 1837 was enlarged in 1937 and extensively refurbished in 1996.

It is still in regular use for worship (2023)

It is located at NGR TF 416 646.

Barry Barton, 1980

This view shows the chapel building from the same angle as the black and white photograph of 1980, that is, from the north-east.

Jean Howard, August 2023

This view shows the chapel building from the north-west.

Two blocked low-level windows are  clearly visible either side of the central door. (The evidence of the earlier photograph shows that they were bricked in before 1980.)

Jean Howard, August 2023

The 1837 datestone is in the gable end of the higher element of the building. The shape of this stone with the arched head is particularly attractive. The sharply cut characters are in remarkably good condition.

Jean Howard, August 2023

This well-cut datestone is above the doorway at the east end of the twentieth-century extension of the building (which was probably a centenary project). 

Jean Howard, August 2023

Known as Top Mill or Borrill's Mill, this small 4-sailed corn mill (one of two in the village) stood close to the lane leading south from the village centre towards the fen (TF 417 654).

The miller for much of the twentieth century was John Borrill, succeeded by Frank Parker.

Ken Redmore, 1957