Nevill Holt
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Nevill Holt is a hamlet and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated at grid reference SP816937 about 10 km northeast of Market Harborough and 8 km northwest of Corby and lies close to the borders with Northamptonshire and Rutland. It lies on the north side of the Welland valley. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 28.
Nevill Holt Hall is a Grade I listed building, dating back to around 1400. The Cunard shipping family owned the estate from 1876 to 1912 and the hall became a preparatory school in 1919. Nancy Cunard, (1896-1965), writer, publisher and society hostess, was born here. In 2000, it was bought and restored by Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross.[1]
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