Holbeach St Marks is a fenland village in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) north from Holbeach, 3 miles (5 km) from The Wash, and at the centre of Holbeach Marsh.
| Holbeach St Marks | |
|---|---|
 Holbeach St Marks | |
  Holbeach St Marks Location within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TF377312 |
| • London | 95 mi (153 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Spalding |
| Postcode district | PE12 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The village church is dedicated to St Mark, and was built to the designs of Ewan Christian in 1868–69. In 1964 Pevsner mentioned that it was almost a copy of Christian's Christ Church church at Gedney Dawsmere 4 miles to the east. It is constructed of red brick with stone bands, a brick-faced interior, lancet windows, and a combined nave and apse. The slate roof holds a bellcote.[1]
T. H. White was once a resident at the village's New Inn public house.[2]
The village school is the Holbeach St Mark's Church of England Primary School for mixed gender 4 to 11 year olds, providing for pupils in the village and surrounding area.[3]
Holbeach St Marks was home to the Tinsley Food plant, a major county employer supplying Safeway and Marks and Spencer. In 2001 it closed its factory with the loss of 850 jobs.[4] The site was acquired by food manufacturing company Bakkavör until its almost complete closure in 2019, with only its pizza making facility in operation.[5]
References
edit- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 575; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8
- ↑ Townsend Warner, Sylvia (1967) T H White: A biography, Cape with Chatto & Windus.
- ↑ “The Holbeach St Mark’s Church of England Primary School: Inspection report” Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Ofsted (2008). Retrieved 27 October 2011
- ↑ “Workers stunned by factory closure”, BBC News, 19 September 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2001
- ↑ 'Freshcook Site Closure', Bakkavor Group. Retrieved 26 June 2025
External links
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Media related to Holbeach St Marks at Wikimedia Commons- Holbeach, Genuki. Retrieved 27 October 2011
- Crowhurst, Richard; A Short History of Holbeach St Marks. Retrieved 27 October 2011
