Hollowell

Coordinates: 52°20′14″N 0°59′46″W / 52.3373°N 0.9961°W / 52.3373; -0.9961
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See also: Hollowell (surname)

Hollowell
Hollowell is located in Northamptonshire
Hollowell
Hollowell
Location within Northamptonshire
Population385 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP6871
• London74 miles (119 km)
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN6
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°20′14″N 0°59′46″W / 52.3373°N 0.9961°W / 52.3373; -0.9961

Hollowell is a village and

2001 census, the parish's population, including the nearby hamlet of Teeton, was 353 people,[1] increasing to 385 at the 2011 Census.[2] The village was originally a hamlet of Guilsborough, becoming a separate parish from 1850.[3] Hollowell is mentioned in the Domesday Survey 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."[4]

Geography

The village is 9 miles (14 km) north-west of the town of

A14 trunk road, a dual carriageway connecting the M1 and M6 motorway interchange at Catthorpe with Kettering, Cambridge, Ipswich and the port of Felixstowe
.

Landmarks

Hollowell Reservoir is a 140-acre (0.57 km2) reservoir between Northampton and Market Harborough and just north of the village. It has a sailing club[5] and is also used for fishing. It is the scene of a number of double-figure tench[6] catches during the 2004 season, with a record of over 11 lb (5.0 kg).

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.[7]

History and events

The villages name means 'hollow spring/stream'.[8]

Being at the bottom of a valley, the village was vulnerable to icy and snow-filled roads before the use of council gritting. In the winter of 1947, Hollowell and Guilsborough were cut off from the main (Welford) road for several weeks. A Mr J Smith, who lived in Guilsborough, was recorded as delivering bread to the inhabitants on horseback during this time.[9]

Hollowell Steam is a

MBE
.

Sports Clubs

Hollowell Reservoir is home to Hollowell Sailing Club and Hollowell Scullers Rowing Club

References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Hollowell CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 12 November 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. ^ Renton, Ethel & Eleanor (1929). The Records of Guilsborough, Nortoft and Hollowell. T Beaty Hart. p. 275.
  4. ^ Renton, Ethel & Eleanor (1929). The Records of Guilsborough, Nortoft and Hollowell. T Beaty Hart. p. 198.
  5. ^ Hollowell Sailing Club
  6. ^ Hollowell Fishing details
  7. ^ Renton, Ethel & Eleanor (2000) [1929]. The Records of Guilsborough, Nortoft and Hollowell. T Beaty Hart. p. 278.
  8. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  9. ^ Renton, Ethel & Eleanor (2000) [1929]. The Records of Guilsborough, Nortoft and Hollowell. T Beaty Hart. p. 275.
  10. ^ Renton, Ethel & Eleanor (1929). The Records of Guilsborough, Nortoft and Hollowell. T Beaty Hart. p. 283.
  11. ^ NTET
  12. ^ Hollowell steam and heavy horse show

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