Holt, Dorset

Holt

Village Green, Holt
Holt
 Holt shown within Dorset
OS grid referenceSU029038
DistrictEast Dorset
Shire countyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WIMBORNE
Postcode district BH21
Dialling code 01202
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentNorth Dorset
List of places
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Dorset

Coordinates: 50°50′02″N 1°57′36″W / 50.834°N 1.960°W

Holt is a village in east Dorset, England, two miles north of Wimborne Minster. The village had a population of 1,265 in 2001. The electoral ward of the same name had a population of 2,286 at the 2011 census.[1] This ward also includes Hinton Martell and Horton. 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.[2]

Holt gives its name to Holt Heath, a nearby large heathland common, owned by the National Trust and designated as a national nature reserve.

References

  1. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 1901 Census of England

External links

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