A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
HOLNICOTE, a hamlet in Selworthy parish, Somerset; 4 miles W of Minehead. It took its name, like Holne village, from the Anglo-Saxon word for "holy;" and it consists of pretty creeper bound cottages. Holnicote House, in the vicinity, is the seat of Sir Thomas D. Acland, Bart.; was destroyed by fire in 1799, and again in another year; was recently rebuilt; and stands in a park of much natural and artificial beauty.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Selworthy CP/AP Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Holnicote |
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