Holt, Worcestershire :: The British Place Names Website

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Holte

Parish/Community: Holt
District/Borough: Malvern Hills
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°15'39"N 2°15'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 382978, 262576
OS Grid: SO829625
Mapcode Local: GBR 1FB.7R4
Mapcode Global: VH92D.XFYH

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Holt within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Holt in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Holt, par., township, and vil., in co. and 5½ miles NW. of Worcester, on river Severn par., 2911 ac., pop. 453; township, 1951 ac., pop. 239.

Holt in the Domesday Book

A village in Oswaldslow hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Urso of Abetot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 24 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
- Other resources: 1 salthouse; 2 fisheries

British Place Names

Holt, Worcestershire

Holt is a village in Worcestershire

Holt in historic gazetteers

Holt in the Domesday Book