title: Haltham
text: # Haltham
  
  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. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) 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.
  
  ## History
  
  Haltham is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Holtha", with 15 households, and King William I as Lord of the Manor.
  
  ### Church
  
  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. The church was closed by the Diocese of Lincoln in October 1977, and is now maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust.
  
  In the churchyard is the base of a 14th-century cross which is Grade II listed and also a scheduled monument.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The village was served by the Marmion Arms public house, a half-timbered thatched building.
  
  In 1885 Kelly's Directory recorded that agricultural production in the then 2,380 acres (9.6 $km^2)$ acre parish was chiefly wheat, oats and turnips, The 1881 population was 179.
  
  