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 through time
Hollowell is now part of Daventry district. Click here for graphs and data of how Daventry has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hollowell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hollowell, in Daventry and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8024
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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