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HOLT, a chapelry in Wimborne-Minster parish, Dorset; 3 miles NE of Wimborne-Minster r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Holt-Chapel, under Wimborne; and it includes the hamlet of Petersham. Acres, 3, 910. Pop., 1, 394. Houses, 314. The surface was formerly forest. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the Collegiate Church of Wimborne-Minster, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church has been rebuilt.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Holt Parish Wimborne Minster Parish Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Holt |
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