HOLT, Worcestershire

"HOLT, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, county Worcester, 6½ miles N.W. of Worcester, its post town, and 6 W. of Droitwich railway station. It is a small parish, situated near Holt Fleet Bridge, on the river Severn, and contains the chapelry of Little Witley. Hero are the remains of a castle, built by Urso d'Abitot in the reign of William the Conqueror, which was afterwards rebuilt by Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and for some time continued to be the residence of that family. The land is partly in hops, and good building-stone is quarried."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]