Holywell.—pari, bor., market town, and par., on Dee
estuary, Flintshire, 44 miles NW. of Flint, 16 miles
NW. of Chester, and 207 miles NW. of London—par.
(partly in bor. of Flint), 7808 ac., pop. 9963 ; pari, bor.,
2427 ac.. pop. 7862; town, 1126 ac., pop. 3090; P.O., T.O.,
2 Banks. Market-day, Friday. Holywell is a prosperous
town, with large and varied industries, comprising lead,
iron, and copper works, tanning and brewing, mfrs. of
paper, flannel, Roman cement, machinery, &c. There
are also extensive collieries. Near the church is the
well of St Winifred, celebrated as a shrine. Holywell
is one of the Flint Boroughs : which see.—2. Holy-
well, vil., 14 mile SE. of St Ives, Huntingdonshire.
See Holywell cum Needingworth.—3. Holywell,
place, Upchurch par., E. Kent, 5 miles NW. of Sitting-
bourne. ■— 4. Holywell, township and seat, Careby
par., S. Lincolnshire, 6 miles SW. of Bourn, pop. 63.
—5. Holywell, township and vil., Earsdon par., S.
Northumberland, 44 miles NW. of North Shields, 1370
ac., pop. 2231; P.O.—S. Holywell, Northamptonshire.
See Hollowell.—7. Holywell, par., in co. and city of
Oxford, 236 ac., pop. 821.

Holywell Bay, on AV. coast of W. Cornwall, near
Crantock.

Holywell Green, vil., in par. and 4 miles SW. of
Halifax, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire ; P.O.

Holywell Haugh, Ladykirk par., Berwickshire, on
the Tweed; the place where Edward I. and the Scot-
tish nobles met to determine the succession to the
crown of Scotland.

Holywell House, seat, in vicinity of St Albans, Herts.

Holywell Lake, hamlet, in par. and near AVelling-
ton, AV. Somerset.

Holywell Bow, hamlet, in par. and 2 miles NW. of
Mildenhall, W. Suffolk; P.O.

Holywell cum Needingworth, par., Huntingdon-
shire, 14 mile SE. of St Ives, 3290 ac., pop. 726.

Holywells, seat, E. Suffolk, near Ipswich.

Holy wood, par. and vil. with ry. sta., AV. Dumfries-
shire—par., 8805 ac., pop. 1078 ; vil., 1 mile S. of sta.
(34 miles NW. of Dumfries); P.O.; the abbey (founded
12th century, demolished 1779) stood in the SE. corner
of the churchyard; a little W. is an ancient stone circle
called “ The Twelve Apostles. ”

Holy wood, seaport town, township, and par., with
ry. sta., N. co. Down, on Belfast Lough, 44 miles NE.
of Belfast—par., 8297 ac., pop. 9600; township, 361 ac.,
pop. 3293; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; is a favourite resort of
the people of Belfast for sea-bathing. On Ilolywood
Bank, in Belfast Lough, is an occulting light (Belfast
Bay) 27 ft. above high water and seen 5 miles.

Home.—hamlet, Wentnor par., S. Shropshire, 3
miles NE. of Bishops Castle.—2. Home, vil., Llan-
wonno par., Glamorgan, 64 miles S. of Merthyr Tydfil.

Home, Berwickshire. See Hume.

Home Island, N. Lancashire, in estuary of r. Kent.

Home Park Paper Mill, at King’s Langley, Herts.

Home Ystradyfodwg, hamlet, Glamorgan, 9 miles
SW. of Merthyr Tydfil.

Homehnsh Green, place, 2 miles from Paddock
Wood Junction, mid. Kent.

Homer, hamlet, in N. suburbs of Much Wenlock, S.
Shropshire.

Homersfield, par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Suffolk,
on river AVaveney, 4 m. SW. of Bungay, 981 ac., pop. 144.

Homerton, dist. and ry. sta., Hackney par., Middle-
sex, in E. suburbs of London, pop. 20,534 ; the station
(on North London Ry.) is £ mile E. of Hackney station.

Homildon, Northumberland. See Humbleton.

Homington, par., S. Wilts, on branch of river Avon,
34 miles SAV. of Salisbury, 1047 ac., pop. 179.

Homlet, hamlet, Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant par.,
Denbighshire, 4 miles N. of Llanfyllin.

Homme House, seat, 5 m. SW. of Ledbury, Hereford.

Honddu,river, NW. Brecknockshire; risesonMynydd
Epynt, and flows 10 m. SE. to the Usk at Brecknock.

Hondrebifla, place, Mold par., Flintshire.

Honey Ditckes, ancient entrenchment, on coast of
E. Devon, near Seaton.

Honey Hill. See Hunny Hill.

Honeyborongh, Great and Little, 2 vils., Llanstad-
well par., Pembrokeshire, 3 miles E. of Milford Haven.

Honeybourne, ry. sta., for Church Honeybourne,
Worcestershire, and Cow Honeybourne, Gloucester-
shire, 54 miles E. of Evesham ; P.O.

Honey church, par., S. Devon, 5| miles SE. of
Hatherleigh, 607 ac., pop. 51.

Honeycomb, seat, 2 m. N W. of Calstock, E. Cornwall.

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

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