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Barholm
Barholm
	St Martin's Church, Barholm
	Barholm Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF0910
• London	80 mi (130 km) S
Civil parish	Barholm and Stowe;
District	South Kesteven;
Shire county	Lincolnshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stamford
Postcode district	PE9
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Grantham and Stamford;
	List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52°40′N 0°23′W / 52.67°N 00.38°W

Barholm /ˈbærəm/^[1] is a village in the civil parish of Barholm and Stowe, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 2 miles (3 km) west from the A15 road, and 6 miles (10 km) south from Bourne. In 1921 the parish had a population of 170.^[2]

Barholm is first recorded as "Berc(a)ham" in 1086; the name is from Old English beorg + hām or hamm and means "homestead or enclosure on a hill."^[3]

Hereward (later known as Hereward the Wake) owned land in Barholm and the nearby village of Stowe in the period before the Norman conquest in 1066.^{[citation needed]}

St Martin's Church is Grade I listed.^[4] The church received a new tower during the English Civil War and an inscription with the date 1648 reads:

"Was ever such a thing
Since the Creation?
A new steeple built
In the time of vexation."

Local government

On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Stowe to form "Barholm and Stowe", part also went to Market Deeping, Baston and Langtoft.^[5] Barholm and Stowe parish is run through a parish meeting of its residents rather than a parish council. Two district councillors represent Casewick Ward on South Kesteven District Council and a county councillor represents Deepings West & Rural Division on Lincolnshire County Council. The district councillors elected in 2023 are Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Con) and Vanessa Smith (Green). The county councillor elected in 2021 is Ashley Baxter (Ind).