HOLT

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
HOLT, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 6 miles (N.N.W.) from Worcester, containing, with the chapelry of Little Witley, 657 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £15. 17. 8½ . Lord Foley was patron in 1811. The church, dedicated to St. Martin, is a good specimen of the early style of English architecture. Some remains of a castle, erected by the Beauchamps, are still visible. A bridge of five arches, two hundred and sixty-six feet in length, has been erected over the Severn: the span of the central arch, which is of iron, is one hundred and fifty feet, and its height above the level of the river, at low water, thirtyfive feet; the other arches, two at each end, are, of stone. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel in Worcester St Helen Ancient Parish. A separate parish by 1269. Included a chapel at Little Witley, which was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO817631
6½ miles west of Droitwich along the A4133
Little Witley is a chapelry, 2 miles west. [57]

Parish Church:
St. Martin

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
Lower Oswaldslow [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Shrawley; Ombersley; Grimley; Wichenford; Little Witley [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1538-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1539-1966	[5]
	Burials	1538-1963	[5]
	Banns	1754-1812, 1823-1962	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1813-37	[27]
	Christenings & Burials	1754-1812	[27]
	Marriages	1813-37	[27]
	Burials	1813-37	[27]
	General	1538-1754	[27]
Originals at WRO	Marriages	1539-1975	[12]

The registers of burials are said to include entries for Little Witley.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1609 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1538-1875

Register Copies:
St. Martin: Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1538-1837 BMSGH microfiche [9]

St. Martin: Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1538-1837 [Microfiche.] - Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1998 - Author: Wright, Betty (trans.) Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Martin BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Martin Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Martin: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10 - Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1990 - Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.) Society of Genealogists [59]

Census Records:
Access to all the censuses between 1841 and 1901 is now widely available on the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk at most record offices. You are strongly advised to book time on their computers before making a visit.
Many commercial organisations have issued CDs and DVDs covering all the censuses from 1841 to 1901.

Some repositories offer census details on microfiche as listed below:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court rolls 1729-58; View of frankpledge, presentment and list of inhabitants owing suit of court 1774-5

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Overseers accounts 1796-1878
Churchwardens & constables accounts 1664-1756
Constables accounts 1718-1907
Two rate books 1847-57

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Holt C E (Controlled)
Log Book - 1900 - 31 - Ref: BA 4157
Log Book - 1932 - 63 - Ref: BA 3968
Mixed and Infants' Dept. Admission register - 1902 - 63 - Ref: BA 4166

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

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Last updated on 31st March 2008

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