Holt, Dorset
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Coordinates: 50°50′02″N 1°57′36″W / 50.834°N 1.960°W
| Holt | |
 Village Green, Holt |
|
  Holt Holt shown within Dorset | |
| OS grid reference | SU029038 |
|---|---|
| District | East Dorset |
| Shire county | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIMBORNE |
| Postcode district | BH21 |
| Dialling code | 01202 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Dorset |
Holt is a village in east Dorset, England, two miles north of Wimborne Minster. The village has a population of 1,265 (As of 2001). The village has a football team called Holt United who play in the Dorset Premier League.
According to the 1901 UK Census, Lieutenant-General John Plumptre Carr Glyn KCB who had fought in the Crimean War, the Anglo-Ashanti War and the Anglo-Zulu War retired to Holt with his wife Belgian born Ellen.[1]
Holt gives its name to Holt Heath, a nearby large heathland common, owned by the National Trust and designated as a National Nature Reserve.
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