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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HOLWELL, a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; on a branch of the river Lidden, 5 miles SE of Sherborne r. station. It includes the hamlet of Buckshaw; and, till 1844, was part of Somerset. Post town, Sherborne. Acres, 2, 356. Real property, £3, 290. Pop., 495. Houses, 104. The property is subdivided. The parish was part of Blackmore forest, and had, within its limits, the principal lodge of that forest. King John appears to have visited Holwell at several times, probably for hunting. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £456. * Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church, excepting the chancel, is later English. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Holwell CP/AP Sherborne RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Holwell |
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