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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Holt like this:
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.
Holt is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Holt itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Holt in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13668
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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