Bloxholm
{{Short description|Village in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place|
|static_image_name = Bloxholm Church.jpg
|static_image_width =
|country = England
|static_image_caption= Church of St Mary, Bloxhom
|coordinates = {{coord|53.067860|-0.411975|display=inline,title}}
|official_name = Bloxholm
|population =
|civil_parish = Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm
|shire_district = North Kesteven
|shire_county = Lincolnshire
|region = East Midlands
|constituency_westminster = Sleaford and North Hykeham
|post_town = Lincoln
|postcode_district = LN4
|postcode_area = LN
|dial_code =
|os_grid_reference = TF065534
| london_distance_mi= 105
| london_direction= S
}}
Bloxholm is a village in the civil parish of Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} south-west from the village of Digby.
In 1921 the parish had a population of 79.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10402979/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Bloxholm CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 May 2024}} On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Ashby de la Launde to form "Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm".{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10402979|title=Relationships and changes Bloxholm CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 May 2024}}
Bloxholm Hall
Bloxholm Hall is a partially demolished early 18th-century country house of which the surviving north wing now serves as a Grade II listed farmhouse.{{cite web| url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-437444-bloxholm-hall-farmhouse-ashby-de-la-laun| title= Bloxholm Hall Farmhouse, Ashby De La Launde and Bloxholm|publisher= British Listed Buildings|accessdate = 18 April 2013}}{{National Heritage List for England| num=1254111 |desc=Bloxholm Hall Farmhouse |grade=II |accessdate=27 June 2017}}
It was built in 1707 for Septimus Cyprian Thornton and was acquired by the Duchess of Rutland, from whom it descended to General Lord Robert Manners (1721–1782). It was enlarged in 1772 by the addition of a north wing by architect Lewis Vulliamy. It passed to his son George Manners (1763–1828), High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1826, who further enlarged and renovated the hall to the designs of Vulliamy, adding a stable block (now also Grade II listed). He died unmarried, leaving the estate to his great-niece Mary, who married Robert Dundas, later Robert Nisbet-Hamilton, MP and Privy Counsellor. He died in 1887 leaving an only daughter Mary Georgiana, who predeceased him, having married Henry Olgilvy.{{cite web| url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Bloxholm-Hall--park-and-gardens--Bloxholm/962634.record?pt=S| title= Bloxholm Hall, park and gardens, Bloxholm| publisher= Lincs in the Past|accessdate = 18 April 2013}} The Olgilvys had lived at one of their several Scottish homes and Bloxholm was sold.
The hall was abandoned in the 1940s and the older main wing demolished in 1963. The north wing is now a farmhouse.
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Category:Villages in Lincolnshire