Holt, Wrexham, Wales Genealogy
Holt is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in County Borough of Wrexham, Wales Genealogy, Wales.
Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Denbighshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd, Wales Genealogy. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of County Borough of Wrexham, Wales Genealogy.
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History[edit | edit source]
"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 Parish | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdictions | |
| County bef 1974 | add here |
| County 1 Apr 1974-31 Mar 1996 | add here |
| County 1 Apr 1996 - | add here |
| Civ Reg District | Wrexham (1881) |
| Reg Sub-district | Holt (1881) |
| Probate Court | add here |
| Diocese | add here |
| Rural Deanery | add here |
| Chapelry | add here |
| Poor Law Union | Wrexham |
| Hundred | Bromfield |
| Province | add here |
| Hamlets | add here |
Administration[edit | edit source]
| Years | County |
|---|---|
| before 31 March 1974 | Denbighshire |
| 1 April 1974 - 31 March 1996 | Clwyd |
| from 1 April 1996 | Wrexham |
Records[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Poor Law Union Records[edit | edit source]
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
- Holt at Vision of Britain
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Holt Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
- Holt War Memorial at Clwyd FHS
