Holt, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Holt, a chapelry in Bradford-on-Avon parish, Wiltshire, on the river Avon, near the Kennet and Avon Canal, and a junction station on the G.W.R., 103 miles from London. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Trow-bridge. Population, 907. It was constituted in 1846. The wool and leather trade, and the manufacture of fine woollen cloth, are carried on. A mineral spring, discovered in 1718, is noted for removing cutaneous diseases. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £264. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is ancient, has a tower, and was restored in 1889. There are a Congregational chapel, a reading-room, and a coffee tavern.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Wiltshire | |
| Civil parish | Bradford on Avon | |
| Hundred | Bradford | |
| Poor Law union | Bradford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Cemeteries
A cemetery of half an acre was formed in 1893, at a cost of £200, and a portion was consecrated July 13th, 1894, by the Bishop of Salisbury.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1575.
Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Holt:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1580-1917 | 1754-1820 | 1568-1933 | 1568-1965 |
Churches
Church of England
St. Katharine (parish church)
The church of St. Katharine is an edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, and an embattled western saddle-back tower containing 6 bells: the Norman font dates from the 12th century: the east and west windows and two in the south aisle are stained: the porch was erected by Miss Chapman, as a memorial to Robert Chapman esq.: the church was partly rebuilt in 1891, at a cost of £2,300, under the direction of Mr. C. E. Ponting, of Marlborough, and affords 314 sittings.
Congregational
Congregational Chapel
The Congregational chapel, built in 1880, at a cost of £2,200, seats 360.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Holt from the following:
Maps
Online maps of Holt are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online: