Description
Holton Beckering, a parish in Lincolnshire, 2 1/2 miles N by W from Wragby station on the G.N.R., and 3 E from Wickenby station^ on the M.S. & L.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Wragby. Acreage, 1889; population, 135. Beckering hamlet is 1 mile SE from the church. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value,, £309 with residence. The church, which is a fine building of stons in mixed styles, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a western tower. The chancel was rebuilt and the other parts were restored in 1859, under the supervision of the late Sir G. G. Scott, R.A.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
