Holwell

 

Extract from White's Leicester and Rutland Directory 1877

HOLWELL is a small village, township, and chapelry. in Ab-Kettleby parish, picturesquely situated on a southern declivity, 31/2 miles N. by W. of Melton Mowbray: it has 1225 acres, had 147 inhabitants in 1871, and has a rateable value of £1545 11s. 8d. The Earl of Dysart is lord of the manor, but most of the soil, of which about half is arable, belongs to J. and G. Crompton, Esqrs., and T. R. D. Bingham and H. V. Flower, Esqrs., and the Holwell Iron Co. The CHAPEL, which is annexed to Ab-Kettleby vicarage, is a small antique fabric, with a bell turret, and will accommodate 100 worshippers. A WESLEYAN CHAPEL was erected in 1818; and here is a chalybeate spring, called Holwell Mouth. Besides about 22s. per annum from charities noticed with Ab-Kettleby the poor have the following yearly doles-20s. from lA. 1R. 8P., called 'The Poor's Close,' and 13s. 4d. from £20 left by Mary Briggs, in 1771, and now in the Savings' Bank. John Hurst and son charged the Sandpit Close with the yearly payment of 10s. for a distribution of pious books, and 20s. for apprenticing poor children of Holwell. This close now belongs to J. and G. Crompton, Esqrs. On August 5, 1864, while some men were levelling a stackyard on the property of H. V. Flower, Esq., they found a quantity of silver coins of the time of Henry VI., which weighed 5 lbs. Large quantities of iron ore have been found on the estate of the Holwell Iron Co., who have laid a tramway, which runs into the Midland Railway near the Asfordby tunnel.
POST viâ. Melton Mowbray, which is the nearest Money Order Office.

 

Extract from The Parliamentary Gazetteer
of
England and Wales (1840 - 1843)
HOLWELL, a township in Ab-Kettleby parish, Leicestershire ; 3¼ miles north-north-west of Melton Mowbray. There is a chalybeate spring in this township. Here is a daily school. Acres 1,400. Houses 26 A. P. £1,557. Pop. In 1801, 85 ; in 1831, 131. Poor rates in 1838, £62 1s.

 

Kellys 1881
Holwell

Barker Daniel John, farmer & grazier
Brown William (Mrs.), grazier
Burton George, farmer
Chester John, William IV. & grazier
Gill Josiah, farmer & grazier
Hollingshead Herbert, farmer & grazier
Holwell Iron Co.Limited (R. Dalgliesh,
managing diretr.), ironstone masters;
& Asfordby road, Melton Mowbray
King Joseph, grazier
Law Richard, grocer
Musson Herbert, grazier
Seal Solomon, grazier
Steel Thomas, carpenter
Walker Jesse, farmer & grazier
Walker Jsph. farmer & grazier, Lodge

 

* Chalybeate means containing or impregnated with iron salts.

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