Holwell

Other current and historical names

Holewella
Holewelle

Parish/Community: Holwell
District/Borough: North Hertfordshire
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°59'10"N 0°18'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 516578, 233331
OS Grid: TL165333
Mapcode Local: GBR H5G.G09
Mapcode Global: VHGNK.PB8Q

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

Holwell in historic gazetteers

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

Holwell.-- par. and vil., Bedfordshire - par., 592 ac., pop. 215; vil., partly in Shillington par., 3½ miles S. of Shefford.

Holwell in the Domesday Book

A village in Clifton hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 4 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Mills: 2, value £1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough

British Place Names

Holwell, Hertfordshire

Holwell is a hamlet in Hertfordshire

Holwell in historic gazetteers

Holwell in the Domesday Book