In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Holwell like this:
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.
Holwell through time
Holwell is now part of West Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Holwell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Holwell in West Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13670
Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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