Hollowell
| Hollowell | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP690719 |
| Location: | 52°20’30"N, -0°59’15"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 385 (2011) |
| Post town: | Northampton |
| Postcode: | NN6 |
| Dialling code: | 01604 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
Hollowell is a village in Northamptonshire, nine miles north-west of the county town, Northampton, just off a side road west of the village of Creaton on the A5199. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population of 385 at the 2011 Census.
The name 'Hollowell' means 'hollow spring/stream'.[1]
History
The village was originally a hamlet of Guilsborough, becoming a separate parish from 1850.[2] Hollowell is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as belonging the Bishop of Lincoln having "... 4 villeins with 1 bordar having 1 plough. It was, and is worth, 10 schillings. Bardi held (it) freely."[3]
Within the boundaries of the parochial parish stood the Northampton County Sanatorium (also known locally as Creaton Hospital), a tuberculosis hospital in operation between 1910 and 1979. In the 1980s it was converted to 13 private houses and is now called Highfield Park.[4]
About the village
Hollowell Reservoir is a 140-acre reservoir between Northampton and Market Harborough and just north of the village. It has a sailing club[5] and is also used for fishing.
The reservoir is home to Hollowell Sailing Club and Hollowell Scullers Rowing Club
Events
Hollowell Steam is a steam and heavy horse show held annually near the village on the first full weekend of July. The event was first held in 1986 to raise funds to repair the village's church roof.[6] It is now one of the largest steam rallies in the country.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Hollowell.
- ↑ Renton, Ethel & Eleanor (1929). The Records of Guilsborough, Nortoft and Hollowell. T Beaty Hart. pp. 275.
- ↑ Renton, Ethel & Eleanor (1929). The Records of Guilsborough, Nortoft and Hollowell. T Beaty Hart. pp. 198.
- ↑ Renton, Ethel & Eleanor (2000). The Records of Guilsborough, Nortoft and Hollowell. T Beaty Hart. pp. 278.
- ↑ Hollowell Sailing Club
- ↑ Renton, Ethel & Eleanor (1929). The Records of Guilsborough, Nortoft and Hollowell. T Beaty Hart. pp. 283.