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“HOLWELL, a parish in the hundred of Horethorne, county Dorset, formerly in county Somerset, 6 miles S.E. of Sherborne, its post town. The hamlet of Buckshaw is included in this parish This parish anciently formed part of the forest of Blackmore. The village, which is small, is wholly agricultural. Limestone is quarried for manure. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £450. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Sarum, value £456, in the patronage of Queen's College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence. The Wesleyans have a place of worship, and there is a National school."
"BUCKSHAW, a hamlet in the parish of Holwell, which was formerly a detached part of the hundred of Horethorne, in the county of Somerset, but under the late Act of Parliament is now included in the county of Dorset, 4 miles to the S.E. of Sherborne."
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Holwell (St. Laurence) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Holwell from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"BUCKSHAW, a hamlet in the parish of Holwell, which was formerly a detached part of the hundred of Horethorne, in the county of Somerset, but under the late Act of Parliament is now included in the county of Dorset, 4 miles to the S.E. of Sherborne."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Holwell to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Holwell pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST699119 (Lat/Lon: 50.905793, -2.428837), Holwell which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.