Broadholme
village in Lincolnshire, England, UK
Broadholme is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8 km) west from the city and county town of Lincoln, and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south from the A57 road and the village of Saxilby. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 88. At the 2011 census, the population remained less than 100 and is now included in the civil parish of Scampton.
Historically, Broadholme was part of Nottinghamshire, formally transferring to Lincolnshire in 1989.
History
The Premonstratensian Broadholme Priory was founded adjacent to the village at sometime after 1154. The priory was one of only two female priories of that order in England (the other being Orford Priory). The priory was dissolved in 1536 as part of King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. The site is currently occupied by Manor Farm, which may incorporate part of the former monastic buildings, although none are visible.
The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) recorded parish as containing 550 acres (2.2 km2), and the village as having a population of 115, spread across 22 houses.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Broadholme” as village in Lincolnshire, England, UK. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Lincolnshire, England, UK. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 22, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q4972202. Authority coordinates are 53.258, -0.663. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001, 2011, 1989 and 1154.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Broadholme” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.