Holt, Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy

Holt is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Wrexham, Wales.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Denbighshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Wrexham.

History
"A parish in the hundred of Bromfield, county of Denbigh, comprising the borough of Holt, and the parochial chapelry of Is y Coed, in which latter are the townships of Cacca Dutton, Dutton y Brân, Dutton Difieth, Ridley, and Sutton... containing 1609 inhabitants... Holt [is] 29 miles (E.S.E.) from Denbigh, 21 miles (E. by S.) from Ruthin, and 191 miles (N.W.) from London. This parish ..... is supposed to have contained, under the Roman dominion in Britain, an outpost to the station Deva (Chester); and the fortress erected here, according to some antiquaries, was called from that circumstance, Castra Legionis, or "the castle of the legion", preserved in its synonymous Welsh name of Castell Lleon... which was probably, by mistaking Lleon for the plural of Llew, changed into "the castle of Lions", or "Lyons", which it continued to bear for ages. Its present anmeis probably derived from a family by the name of Holt. (A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833, Samuel Lewis)

For more information on Holt see:Holt at GENUKI

Parish Chest
Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for Holt was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Holt is DATES AND NAMES CIV REG.

Poor Law Unions
Visit the England and Wales Poor Law Records page for more information.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Holt at Geograph
 * Holt at Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Holt Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Holt War Memorial at Clwyd FHS
 * Holt Wrexham Churches Survey at CPAT