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HOLYWELL-CUM-NEEDINGWORTH, a parish, containing the village of Holywell and the large hamlet of Needingworth, in St. Ives district, Huntingdon. Holywell village stands near the river Ouse and the boundary with Cambridge, 1½ mile E by S of St. Ives r. station; and Needingworth hamlet lies nearly 2 miles NE by E of that station, and has a post office, under St. Ives, Hunts. The name Holywell was taken from a spring which rises in the churchyard, and which, in the Romish times, was much frequented by devotees.—The parish comprises 3, 209 acres. Real property, £7, 189. Pop. in 1851, 915; in 1861, 826. Houses, 193. The manor belongs to the Duke of Manchester. The manor house is now used as a farm house. Numerous fragments of Roman pottery have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £528.* Patron, the Duke of Manchester. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and tower; and was recently restored. A large Baptist chapel was built at Needingworth in 1 861. A building, formerly a dissenting chapel, is now a parochial school. Charities, £25.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, containing the village of Holywell and the large hamlet of Needingwort" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Holywell Cum Needingworth CP/AP St Ives RegD/PLU Huntingdonshire AncC |
| Place: | Holywell |
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