Holton*Ie-Clay, par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Lin-
colnshire, 54m. SE. of Grimsby, 1430ac., pop. 283 ; P.O.

Holton-le-Moor, township and vil. with ry. sta.
(Holton), Caistor par., N. Lincolnshire, 54 miles N. of
Market Rasen, pop. 178 ; contains Holton Park, seat.

Holtsmoor End, hamlet, 3 miles NE. of Hemel
Hempstead, Herts.

Holtwood, place, Doveridge par., S. Derbyshire, 2
miles AY. of Uttoxeter sta.

Holtye Common, hamlet, in par. and 34 miles N. of
Hartfield, E. Sussex.

llolverstonc, par., S. Norfolk, 5| miles SE. of Nor-
wich, 480 ac., pop. 18.

Midway, hamlet, AY. Somerset, within Taunton bor.

Holwell.—par. and vil., Bedfordshire—par., 592
ac.,pop. 215; vil., partly in Shillington par., 34 miles
S. of Shefford.—2. Holwell, hamlet with school, in
liar, and 1 mile SAY. of Cranborne, Dorset.—3. Hol-
well, par., NAY. Dorset, on branch of river Lidden, 5
miles SE. of Sherborne, 235 ac., pop. 417 ; P.O.—4.
Holwell, township, Abkettleby par.,N. Leicestershire,
34 miles NAY. of Melton Mowbray, pop. 268.—5. Hol-
well, township, Bradweil par., Oxfordshire, 2 miles
SAA⁷. of Bunford, 1063 ac., pop. 120.

Holwell Cavern, in par. and near Spaxton, AY.
Somerset; is 127 ft. long.

Holwell House, seat, 14 mile SE. of Tavistock, S.
Devon.

Holwell Yalley, E. Somerset, 24 miles SAY. of
Frome; is traversed by affluent of river Frome.

Holwlck, township and hamlet, Romald Kirk par.,
North-Riding Yorkshire, 12 miles NAY. of Barnard
Castle, 5788 ac., pop. 231.

Holwood, seat, 4 miles SE. of Bromley, AA⁷. Kent;
in vicinity is Holwood Hill, where numerous anti-
quities have been found.

Holworth, hamlet, Milton Abbas par., Dorset, 54
miles SAA⁷. of Blandford Forum.

llolwortk Cliff, on the coast of Dorset, in E. vicinity
of Ringstead Bay ; here in 1826 a spontaneous combus-
tion of shale took place, and continued to smoulder for
several years.

Holy Chesters, ancient camp, on N. border of North-
umberland, 4 mile AY. of Tillmouth.

Holy Garden, place, Burnham par., E. Essex ; had
at one time a well which was a resort of pilgrims.

Holy Island (or Lindlslarnc), peninsular par.,
coast of N. Northumberland, 94 miles SE. of Berwick
on Tweed, 2457 ac. (17 water), 328 tidal water, and
3977 foreshore, pop. 686 ; P.O.; though insulated at
high tide, it is connected with the mainland by sands at
low water ; is 3 miles long and If mile broad ; in the N.
it consists of sand hills, which form a large rabbit
warren; the remainder is fertile; on the NE. are a
small harbour defended by a battery, a village fre-
quented for sea-bathing, and a once famous abbey
founded in 635 as a bishop’s see but destroyed by the
Danes in 900.

Holy Island, at mouth of Lamlash Bay, Arran
island, Firth of Clyde, pop. 15; is supposed to have
been the resort of St Columba’s disciple, St Maol Jos,
whose hermitage, a natural cave, is still pointed out;
is a conical hill, rising from the sea in tiers of cliffs to
a height of 1030 ft.; on SAY. point is a lighthouse 56
ft. high, with fixed light (Lamlash) 46 ft. above high
water and seen 12 miles.

Holy Island.—in Lough Derg, S. co. Galway ; con-
tains a round tower and other ruins.—2. Holy Island,
between the Upper and Lower Lakes of Killarney, S.
co. Kerry.

Holy Linn, waterfall, on Garpel Burn, on border of
Dairy and Balmaclellan pars., Kirkcudbright.

Holy Loch, AY. arm of Firth of Clyde, Dunoon and
Kilmun par., Argyllshire.

Holy Oakes, liberty, Stoke Dry par., S. Leicester-
shire, 3 miles NAA⁷. of Rockingham, 540 ac., pop. 5.

Holy Fool of St Fillan, in Strath Fillan, AY. Perth-
shire, 24 miles SE. of Tyndrum; was long held in
superstitious veneration.

Holy Vale, hamlet and wooded hollow, St Mary’s,
Scilly Islands.

Holy Well.—2 m. AY. of Folkestone, Kent.—2. Holy
Well, medicinal spring, near Cartmel, N. Lancashire.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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