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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HOLME, a parochial chapelry in Glatton parish, Huntingdon; on Holme brook and on the Great Northern railway, 7 miles S of Peterborough. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Peterborough. Acres, 4, 300. Real property, £6, 151. Pop. in 1851, 506; in 1861, 644. Houses, 114. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Holme Wood House, belongs to W. Wells, Esq. The surface is mainly fen-land; and includes great part of what was formerly Whittlesea-mere, which has been drained and brought into cultivation. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £300.* Patron, W. Wells, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1862; and includes, in its interior, a portion of the old church. There are an endowed boys' school, with £60 a year, and charities £29.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parochial chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Glatton CP/AP Holme CP/Hmlt/Ch Huntingdonshire AncC |
| Place: | Holme |
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