HOLME-PIERREPOINT, a parish in the southern
division of the wapentake of BINGHAM, county of NOTTINGHAM,
5 miles (E. by S.) from Nottingham, containing,
with the hamlet of Adbolton, which was formerly
a distinct parish, 205 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
with which the vicarage of Adbolton was united
in 1707, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese
of York, rated in the king's books at £15. 7. 6.,
and in the patronage of Earl Manvers. The church,
dedicated to St. Edmund, was erected in the time of
Henry VII.; it is a fine structure, having numerous
large windows, with a quadrangular tower surmounted
by a lofty handsome spire, and contains the family vault
of the dukes of Kingston, several mural monuments,
and some ancient brasses. The parish is bounded on
the north by the river Trent, and the Grantham canal
crosses an angle on the south.