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HOLWELL, a township-chapelry in Abkettleby parish, Leicester; 3½ miles NNW of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Real property, £1, 838. Pop., 147. Houses, 32. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dysart. There is a chalybeate spring, called Holwell Mouth. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Abkettleby, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is a small building, with a bell-turret. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £4.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Holwell |
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