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HOLNEST, a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; 4 miles E of Yetminster r. station, and 4¾ S by E of Sherborne. Post town, Long Burton, under Sherborne. Acres, 2, 062. Real property, £2, 274. Pop., 147. Houses, 29. Holnest Lodge is a chief residence. The parish is a meet for the Charborough hounds. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Long Burton, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church has an embattled tower. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Holnest Parish Sherborne Poor Law Union/Registration District Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Holnest |
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