HOLME.
1711
13 April. On Saturday night, 2 December last, a sudden and
violent storm of wind and tempest destroyed the cottage house of
Richard Edmondson of Holme; recommendation to charity. K.
Order Book, 1696–1724.
1816
14 October. Certificate of Henry Cock of Holme certifying that
his dwelling house at Holme is intended forthwith to be used as a
Place of Religious Worship by an assembly or congregation of
Protestants, and requiring the same to be registered according to the
Act 52 George III, is filed on the Rolls of this Sessions. K. Indict.
Book, 1811–17.
1826
3 April. Presentment that there is a common and ancient King's
highway leading from out of the turnpike road at or near a place called
Clawthorp Hall unto and terminating in the said turnpike at or near
Nether Bridge, and that a certain part of it beginning at a place called
Witchell which divides the parishes of Burton and Betham, and so
towards the market town of Burton, in length 2001 yards and of the
breadth of 7 yards, is in great decay, etc. and that the inhabitants of
Holme ought to repair it. K. Indict. Book, 1824–34.
1839
The church dedicated to the Holy Trinity was built in 1839 and
consecrated the following year. The ecclesiastical parish was formed
on 1 December, 1843, out of Burton.
1861
4 January. Rev. Thomas Croft took the usual oaths and subcribed the declaration on his appointment to the Incumbency of
Holme. K. Minute Book, 1859–75.
1909
19 November. Resolved that the site belonging to Captain
Bagot be purchased for a new School at a sum of £140. That application be made to the Local Government Board for sanction to
borrow the sum of £1,900 to be expended on the purchase of a site
and the erection of a new School thereon. That the area served by
the School be charged three-fourths of the interest and repayment
of the loan (C. C. Minutes 1909–10). On 23 May 1910, it was resolved
to increase the loan by making application to borrow £2,100 to be
spread over 50 years because (1) the population consists largely
of workers in the matting industry, which is one of the poorest industries in the county, (2) the parish has recently put in a new water
scheme the cost of which is enhanced by the straggling nature of the
village and (3) the parish is faced with a new sewerage scheme.
Ibid., 1910–11.