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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hollowell like this:
HOLYWELL, or HOLLOWELL, a chapelry in Guilsborough parish, Northampton; on an affluent of the river Nen, 3 miles W of Brixworth r. station. It was made a parochial chapelry in 1850; and it previously had the status of a hamlet. Post town, Guilsborough, under Northampton. Acres, 950. Rated property, £1, 591. Pop., 266. Houses, 70. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to John W. B. Leigh, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £155. * Patron, R. Hichens, Esq. The church was built in 1840, and is in the early English style.
Hollowell is now part of WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hollowell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hollowell, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8024
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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