Hollowell

Other current and historical names

Holywell
Holewelle

Parish/Community: Hollowell
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°20'30"N 0°59'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 469052, 271991
OS Grid: SP690719
Mapcode Local: GBR 9SN.321
Mapcode Global: VHDRJ.TDMP

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hollowell within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Hollowell in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Hollowell, or Holywell, township and hamlet, Guilsborough par., S. Northamptonshire, on affluent of river Nen, 3 miles W. of Brixworth, pop. 211.

Hollowell in the Domesday Book

A village in Guilsborough hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Barthi of Sleaford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of Stoke (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert the cook
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert the cook
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086
4th Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld

British Place Names

Hollowell, Northamptonshire

Hollowell is a village in Northamptonshire

Hollowell in historic gazetteers

Hollowell in the Domesday Book