Pelhams Land
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Pelhams Lands or Pelhams Land today forms part of the parish of Holland Fen with Brothertoft
and is located about 8 miles (12.9 km) north west of the town of Boston
, Lincolnshire
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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. The lands were laid out after the drainage of Holland Fen
by Act of Parliament in 1776.
Pelhams Lands was formerly an extra-parochial area, but was formed into a parish in 1883. Its population in 1831 was a mere 41, and its nineteenth century peak was in 1851 with 55.
Pelhams Lands Farm is a late 18th century red brick farmhouse and is a Grade II listed building. There are two other Grade II listed buildings on Pelhams Lands Farm, the 18th century stables and granary and an 18th century earth closet.
There was also a tower windmill at Pelhams Lands, built in 1838 to replace an earlier post mill which had blown down. The tower mill lost its cap in 1926 and after that was engine driven. Now mostly demolished, only a single derelict story remains.
Holland Fen with Brothertoft
Holland Fen with Brothertoft is a civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, consisting, as the name indicates, of Holland Fen and Brothertoft, but also includes the areas known as Pelhams Land and Harts Ground....
and is located about 8 miles (12.9 km) north west of the town of Boston
Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
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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. The lands were laid out after the drainage of Holland Fen
Holland Fen
Holland Fen is a settlement about north-west of the town of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.-History:Holland Fen has been known as the Haute Huntre, or Eight Hundred Fen....
by Act of Parliament in 1776.
Pelhams Lands was formerly an extra-parochial area, but was formed into a parish in 1883. Its population in 1831 was a mere 41, and its nineteenth century peak was in 1851 with 55.
Pelhams Lands Farm is a late 18th century red brick farmhouse and is a Grade II listed building. There are two other Grade II listed buildings on Pelhams Lands Farm, the 18th century stables and granary and an 18th century earth closet.
There was also a tower windmill at Pelhams Lands, built in 1838 to replace an earlier post mill which had blown down. The tower mill lost its cap in 1926 and after that was engine driven. Now mostly demolished, only a single derelict story remains.