| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.1561°N -0.1363°W |
| Official Name: | Haltham |
| Static Image Name: | Churchyard Cross - geograph.org.uk - 549899.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Churchyard cross and St Benedict's Church, Haltham |
| Population: | 122 |
| Population Ref: | (2011) |
| Civil Parish: | Haltham |
| Shire District: | East Lindsey |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Louth and Horncastle |
| Post Town: | HORNCASTLE |
| Postcode District: | LN9 |
| Postcode Area: | LN |
| Dial Code: | 01507 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF247637 |
| London Distance Mi: | 110 |
| London Direction: | S |
Haltham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 122.[1] It is situated 4miles south from the town of Horncastle, and on the east bank of the River Bain in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
See main article: St Benedict's Church, Haltham-on-Bain.
Haltham is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Holtha", with 15 households, and King William I as Lord of the Manor.[2]
The parish church was dedicated to Saint Benedict, and is a Grade I listed building built of greenstone and red-brick dating from the 12th century, with restorations in 1881 and 1890. In 1964 Pevsner noted a chalice and flagon, dated 1765, by London silversmith Francis Crump.[3] The church was closed by the Diocese of Lincoln in October 1977, and is now maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust.[4] [5]
In the churchyard is the base of a 14th-century cross which is Grade II listed and also a scheduled monument.[6]
The village was served by the Marmion Arms public house, a half-timbered thatched building.[7]
In 1885 Kelly's Directory recorded that agricultural production in the then 2380acres acre parish was chiefly wheat, oats and turnips, The 1881 population was 179.[8]