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Archives & Libraries

The Library at Bourne should prove useful in your research.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Corby sub-district of the Bourne Registration District.
     
  • Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2095
1861R.G. 9 / 2315
1871R.G. 10 / 3311
1891R.G. 12 / 2555
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Wilfrid.
     
  • The small church was of Norman origin.
     
  • For centuries, Holywell was only a chapelry of Castle Bytham.
     
  • A chapel was built here during the reign of Queen Anne, apparently from the stones of a Norman church in Aunby which proceeded it.
     
  • The church was restored in 1863-64.
     
  • The chapel seats 84.
     
  • The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in February, 1981. It was gifted as a private chapel.
     
  • Wendy PARKINSON has a photograph of St. Wilfrid's Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2009.
     
  • Rex NEEDLE has a photograph of St. Wilfred’s Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 1999.
     
  • Rex NEEDLE has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in June, 1999.
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Church Records

  • Holywell parish registers exist from 1558.
     
  • The LFHS has published several indexes (marriage and burial) for the Beltisloe Deanery to make your search easier.
     
  • Kelly's 1900 Direcotry of Lincolnshire places this parish in the Deanery of Ness.
     
  • Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
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Civil Registration

  • The parish was in the Corby sub-district of the Bourne Registration District.
     
  • Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July 1837.
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Description & Travel

Holywell is a village, a township and a parish which lies just east of the A1 trunk road, south of Castle Bytham and just 7 miles north of Stamford. County Rutland forms the west and south border of the parish. The small hamlet of Aunby lies in the parish.

There isn't much left of the village these days. If you are planning a visit:

You can see pictures of Holywell which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Manors

  • Holywell Hall, a stone mansion in a wooded park, was the seat of Col. Charles BIRCH-REYNARDSON, lord of the manor, in 1900.
     
  • Wendy PARKINSON has a photograph of Holywell Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2009.
     
  • Christine JOHNSTONE has a photograph of the Gates to Holywell Hall on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.
     
  • Richard CROFT has a photograph of Holywell Hall Stables on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2011.
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF000160 (Lat/Lon: 52.732402, -0.520496), Holywell which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

  • We can presume that the name derives from the Old English for "Holy Well." A medicinal spring rises in the parish.
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Politics & Government

  • Before it became a Civil Parish, Holywell was a township and chapelry in Careby parish.
     
  • The parish was in the ancient Beltisloe Wapentake in the South Kesteven district and parts of Kesteven.
     
  • The Civil Parish was dissolved in 1931 and the land incorporated into Careby Civil Parish.
     
  • For today's district governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Population

YearInhabitants
180198
1831119
184198
187173
188163
189170
190196
192167
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Schools