Pelhams Lands Explained

Static Image Name:Pelhams Land Farm, North Forty Foot Bank (geograph 3093680).jpg
Static Image Caption:Pelhams Land Farm
Country:England
Official Name:Pelhams Lands
Coordinates:53.0555°N -0.1835°W
Civil Parish:Holland Fen with Brothertoft
Shire District:Boston
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Post Town:Lincoln
Postcode District:LN4
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF218524
London Distance Mi:105
London Direction:S

Pelhams Lands or Pelhams Land is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Holland Fen with Brothertoft,[1] in the Boston district, in Lincolnshire, England, approximately 8miles north-west from the town of Boston.[2]

The name 'Pelhams Lands' originates from the Pelham family who held land here from 1602. Sir William Pelham owned a woad mill in this area.[3] The lands were laid out after the drainage of Holland Fen by Act of Parliament in 1776.[4] Pelhams-Lands was formerly an extra-parochial tract,[5] in 1858 Pelhams Lands became a separate civil parish,[6] on 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished to form Holland Fen with Brothertoft.[7] Its population in 1831 was 41, and its 19th-century peak was in 1851 with 55. In 1971 it had a population of 64.[3] [8]

Pelhams Lands Farm is a late 18th-century red-brick farmhouse and is a Grade II listed building.[4] There are two further Grade II listed 18th-century buildings on the Farm, a stable with granary[9] and an earth closet.[10]

There was a tower windmill at Pelhams Lands, built in 1838 to replace an earlier post mill which had blown down. The mill lost its cap in 1926, after which it was engine driven. Now mostly demolished, only a single derelict story remains.[11] [12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boston UK Website. Boston Council. 5 May 2011. dead. https://archive.today/20120728150700/http://www.bostonuk.com/historydetail.php?id=614&cid=592&f=Boston. 28 July 2012. dmy-all.
  2. Ordnance survey of Great Britain . Boston: Tattershall, Billinghay & Heckington . 13 November 2006 . 1:25 000 . OS Explorer . 261 . A1 . 9780319238172.
  3. Web site: Dispersed settlement of Pelhams Lands, Holland Fen with Brothertoft. Lincs to the Past. MLI86172. Lincolnshire Archives. 5 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141111002330/http://www.lincstothepast.com/Dispersed-settlement-of-Pelhams-Lands--Holland-Fen-with-Brothertoft/242688.record?pt=S . 2014-11-11.
  4. Web site: Pelhams Lands Farmhouse, Holland Fen with Brothertoft, Lincolnshire. British Listed Buildings. 5 May 2011.
  5. Web site: History of Pelhams Lands, in Boston and Lincolnshire. A Vision of Britain through Time. 31 May 2024.
  6. Web site: Relationships and changes Pelhams Lands ExP/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 31 May 2024.
  7. Web site: Boston Registration District. UKBMD. 31 May 2024.
  8. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10446790 History of Pelhams Lands
  9. Web site: Stables and Granary at Pelhams Lands Farm, Holland Fen with Brothertoft, Lincolnshire. British Listed Buildings. 5 May 2011.
  10. Web site: Earth Closet at Pelhams Lands Farm, North, Holland Fen with Brothertoft, Lincolnshire. British Listed Buildings. 5 May 2011.
  11. Web site: Lincolnshire Government Website. Lincolnshire County Council. 5 May 2011.
  12. Web site: Tower mill, Pelham's Lands, Boston. Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. 5 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031905/http://www.lincstothepast.com/Tower-mill--Pelham-s-Lands--Boston/241182.record?pt=S . 2016-03-04.

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