Holme, Nottinghamshire

Holme, Nottinghamshire

infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude= 53.12
longitude=-0.80
official_name = Holme
population =
shire_district=Newark and Sherwood
shire_county= Nottinghamshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster=
post_town= NEWARK
postcode_district = NG23
postcode_area=NG
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SK801590

Holme is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located on the east of the River Trent, less than half a mile from the riverside and 4 miles north of Newark-on-Trent. Holme is part of the civil parish of LangfordThe parish church of St Giles is an Early Tudor rebuild of a 13th century church. The Lancashire wool merchant John Barton was responsible for the rebuilding. He died in 1491, and is buried in the chancel with his wife. In a window of his house at Holme is inscribed the verse;

"I thanke God, and ever shall,"

"It is the sheep have paid for all." [Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. "The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire". page 145. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.] .

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