Holywell, Dorset

Holywell
Holywell
 Holywell shown within Dorset
DistrictWest Dorset
Shire countyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentWest Dorset
List of places
UK
England
Dorset

Coordinates: 50°50′12″N 2°34′45″W / 50.8367°N 2.5793°W / 50.8367; -2.5793

Holywell is a hamlet in Dorset, England, located on the A37 roughly midway between Yeovil and Dorchester.

From 1857 to 1966 Holywell had a railway station, which was named Evershot after the village (nearby to the west).

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