10-525: [REDACTED] Look up holywell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Holywell may refer to: England [ edit ] Holywell, Bedfordshire Holywell, Cambridgeshire Holywell, Cornwall Holywell, Dorset Holywell, Eastbourne , East Sussex Holywell, Gloucestershire, a location in England Holywell, Herefordshire,
20-806: A place in Herefordshire Holywell, Hertfordshire Holywell, Lincolnshire Holywell, Northumberland , near Seaton Delaval Holywell, Oxford , Oxfordshire Holywell, Somerset, a location in England Holywell, Warwickshire, a location in England Holy Well, Malvern , Worcestershire Other places [ edit ] Holywell, County Fermanagh , Northern Ireland Holywell, Flintshire , Wales Holywell, Swords , Ireland See also [ edit ] Holywell Street (disambiguation) Holywells Park , Ipswich, Suffolk, England All pages with titles containing Holywell Holy well East Holywell ,
30-674: A detached part of Whipsnade. When district councils were established in 1894, the main part of Whipsnade parish was included in the Luton Rural District in Bedfordshire, whilst Ballingdon Bottom became part of the Markyate Rural District in Hertfordshire. The parish boundaries were rationalised in 1897 when Ballingdon Bottom was transferred to the parish of Flamstead . In the 2021 census ,
40-535: A hamlet in Backworth, Tyne and Wear, England West Holywell , a hamlet in Backworth, Tyne and Wear, England Holly Wells (1991–2002), a victim of the Soham murders Hollywell, Queensland , Australia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
50-665: Is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire , England . It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills , about 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) south-south-west of Dunstable on the top of the Dunstable Downs , which drop away steeply to the south of the village. Whipsnade is a compound of the Anglo-Saxon personal name, Wibba, with the word "snæd", an area of woodland. Therefore,
60-554: The Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire , England. The settlement is close to Whipsnade and Studham , and Holywell forms part of the Studham civil parish (where the 2011 Census population was included). Holywell is also located close to the county border with Hertfordshire . This Bedfordshire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Whipsnade Whipsnade
70-574: The early 17th Century. It is now a hotel and the only licensed premises outside the ZSL grounds in the village. Edward John Eyre , explorer of Australia, was born in Whipsnade in 1815. The parish of Whipsnade used to have a detached part at Ballingdon Bottom , which formed an exclave of Bedfordshire, surrounded by Hertfordshire . The county boundary was changed in 1844, transferring Ballingdon Bottom to Hertfordshire. For parish purposes, it remained
80-419: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holywell&oldid=1189255048 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Holywell, Bedfordshire Holywell is a hamlet located in
90-519: The name means "Wibba's wood". A variation may be seen as "Wystnade" in a legal record of 1460, where named people in Dunstable were accused of trespassing. The village was first mentioned in a coroner 's roll of 1274 when Whipsnade Wood was described as being within the parish of Houghton Regis . The Old Hunters Lodge at the Crossroads in the village is a Grade II listed building , built in
100-529: The population of Whipsnade was 455. Whipsnade is home to Whipsnade Tree Cathedral , a 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 acres (3.8 ha) arboretum planted in the arrangement of a cathedral , and Whipsnade Zoo . A chalk hill figure of a lion can be found on Bison Hill, created in 1933; it is owned by the zoo. It is the longest hill figure in England at 483 feet (147 m). During the Second World War,
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