Goltho
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Goltho is a village of Anglo-Saxon
roots situated in Lincolnshire
, England. It lies 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) south of the A158
and 1 miles (1.6 km) west of Wragby
.
settlement at Goltho in the 1st and 2nd centuries.
The origin of the name is uncertain, perhaps from an Old Scandinavian (Viking) first name or the Viking word for "ravine", or as is widely accepted locally, "where the marigolds grow", referred to in Henry Thorold's guide to the redundant St George's Church, Goltho.
The remains of the early medieval village were excavated in the 1970s. A Saxon settlement on the site consisted of two houses; in around 850, the site was fortified with the addition of a banked enclosure, and a hall was added. A motte-and-bailey
castle was built at Goltho in around 1080.
Goltho Hall was the ancestral seat of the Grantham family. Sir Thomas Grantham
(1574–1630) was Sheriff of Lincoln in 1600 and MP for Lincolnshire
from 1621 to 1622. He was a shareholder in the Virginia Company
and is listed in the Third Virginia Charter of 1612. He was a Puritan
and was imprisoned in Lincoln Castle
for refusing to pay Ship Money
. His son Thomas
(1612–1655) was MP for Lincoln during the Long Parliament
and raised a regiment of foot which fought at the Battle of Aylesbury
in 1642. The hall was eventually sold to the Mainwairing family and demolished in 1812. The present hall was built nearby in 1875.
about 10 miles (16.1 km) northeast of Lincoln
and 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Wragby
. Wragby parish lies to the east, Rand
parish to the north and Apley
parish to the south. It is described in White's 1842 Lincolnshire Directory as 'a parish of scattered farms'. The parish covered about 1360 acres (5.5 km²) in 1842. Ecclesiastically, the parish was united with Bullington
to form one tithe-free parish in the peculier
jurisdiction of the Bishop of Lincoln
. Together, the two parishes covered about 2540 acres (10.3 km²). The parish is skirted on the north side by the A158 trunk road
as it passes between Lincoln and Horncastle.
es in the non-metropolitan district
of West Lindsey
, Lincolnshire. The district covers 25 wards. The council is composed of 22 Conservative
councillors, 14 Liberal Democrats
, and 1 Independent.
Goltho is part of the Gainsborough Constituency
. As of the 2005 general election
, the Member of Parliament is Edward Leigh
. At the election, in Gainsborough the Conservatives won a majority of 7,895 and 43.9% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats
won 26.4% of the vote, Labour
21.7%, and the United Kingdom Independence Party
4.1%.
(Grade II*). St George's was founded in about 1640, with alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
roots situated in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England. It lies 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) south of the A158
A158 road
The A158 road is a major tourist route that heads from Lincoln in the west to Skegness on the east coast. The road is located entirely in the county of Lincolnshire and is single carriageway for almost its entirety. The road is approximately long...
and 1 miles (1.6 km) west of Wragby
Wragby
Wragby is a small town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located approximately north-west from Horncastle and about north east of the city of Lincoln.- History :...
.
History
There was a Romano-BritishRoman Britain
Roman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...
settlement at Goltho in the 1st and 2nd centuries.
The origin of the name is uncertain, perhaps from an Old Scandinavian (Viking) first name or the Viking word for "ravine", or as is widely accepted locally, "where the marigolds grow", referred to in Henry Thorold's guide to the redundant St George's Church, Goltho.
The remains of the early medieval village were excavated in the 1970s. A Saxon settlement on the site consisted of two houses; in around 850, the site was fortified with the addition of a banked enclosure, and a hall was added. A motte-and-bailey
Motte-and-bailey
A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade...
castle was built at Goltho in around 1080.
Goltho Hall was the ancestral seat of the Grantham family. Sir Thomas Grantham
Thomas Grantham (died 1630)
Sir Thomas Grantham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1629.Grantham was the son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and St Katherines, Lincolnshire...
(1574–1630) was Sheriff of Lincoln in 1600 and MP for Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Lincolnshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832.-History:...
from 1621 to 1622. He was a shareholder in the Virginia Company
Virginia Company
The Virginia Company refers collectively to a pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I on 10 April1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America...
and is listed in the Third Virginia Charter of 1612. He was a Puritan
Puritan
The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England...
and was imprisoned in Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle is a major castle constructed in Lincoln, England during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. It is only one of two such castles in the country, the other being at Lewes in Sussex...
for refusing to pay Ship Money
Ship money
Ship money refers to a tax that Charles I of England tried to levy without the consent of Parliament. This tax, which was only applied to coastal towns during a time of war, was intended to offset the cost of defending that part of the coast, and could be paid in actual ships or the equivalent value...
. His son Thomas
Thomas Grantham (Parliamentarian)
Thomas Grantham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.Grantham was the son of Sir Thomas Grantham and his wife Frances Puckering...
(1612–1655) was MP for Lincoln during the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
and raised a regiment of foot which fought at the Battle of Aylesbury
Battle of Aylesbury
On the 1 November 1642, Royalist forces, under the command of Prince Rupert engaged Aylesbury's Parliamentarian garrison, at Holman's Bridge a few miles to the north of Aylesbury town...
in 1642. The hall was eventually sold to the Mainwairing family and demolished in 1812. The present hall was built nearby in 1875.
Geography
It is a civil parishCivil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
about 10 miles (16.1 km) northeast of Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
and 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Wragby
Wragby
Wragby is a small town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located approximately north-west from Horncastle and about north east of the city of Lincoln.- History :...
. Wragby parish lies to the east, Rand
Rand, Lincolnshire
Rand is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, approximately north east of the city of Lincoln and approximately west of Wragby, just off the A158 road from Lincoln to Skegness in the East Midlands region. The nearest large town is Market Rasen,...
parish to the north and Apley
Apley
Apley is a hamlet on a back road near the hamlet of Kingthorpe, south of Wragby, Lincolnshire, England. Apley church is dedicated to St Andrew.Apley beck marks the course of a 12th century monastic canal linking Bullington Priory to Barlings eau....
parish to the south. It is described in White's 1842 Lincolnshire Directory as 'a parish of scattered farms'. The parish covered about 1360 acres (5.5 km²) in 1842. Ecclesiastically, the parish was united with Bullington
Bullington, Lincolnshire
Bullington is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire It lies about 8 miles north-east of Lincoln and 7 miles south of Market Rasen. According to the 2001 census the village had a population of 36....
to form one tithe-free parish in the peculier
Peculier
Peculier may refer to:* A Royal Peculiar , an area including one or more places of worship under the jurisdiction of the British monarchy* Old Peculier, a beer brewed by Theakston Brewery, named in honour of the Peculier of Masham...
jurisdiction of the Bishop of Lincoln
Bishop of Lincoln
The Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral...
. Together, the two parishes covered about 2540 acres (10.3 km²). The parish is skirted on the north side by the A158 trunk road
A158 road
The A158 road is a major tourist route that heads from Lincoln in the west to Skegness on the east coast. The road is located entirely in the county of Lincolnshire and is single carriageway for almost its entirety. The road is approximately long...
as it passes between Lincoln and Horncastle.
Governance
Goltho is one of 128 civil parishCivil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
es in the non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
of West Lindsey
West Lindsey
West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural District, Gainsborough Rural District and Welton Rural District...
, Lincolnshire. The district covers 25 wards. The council is composed of 22 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
councillors, 14 Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
, and 1 Independent.
Goltho is part of the Gainsborough Constituency
Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Gainsborough is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
. As of the 2005 general election
United Kingdom general election, 2005
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....
, the Member of Parliament is Edward Leigh
Edward Leigh
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh is a British Conservative politician. He has sat in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Gainsborough in Lincolnshire since 1997, and for its predecessor constituency of Gainsborough and Horncastle between 1983 and 1997...
. At the election, in Gainsborough the Conservatives won a majority of 7,895 and 43.9% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
won 26.4% of the vote, Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
21.7%, and the United Kingdom Independence Party
United Kingdom Independence Party
The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP...
4.1%.
Landmarks
There are three listed buildings in Goltho: Goltho Hall and its garden wall and pigeoncote (both Grade II), and the Church of St GeorgeSt George's Church, Goltho
St George's Church, Goltho, is a redundant Anglican church in the former village of Goltho, Lincolnshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church is situated in a field surrounded...
(Grade II*). St George's was founded in about 1640, with alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries.