English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Holt

Parish in the County of Dorset

Etymology

This par. was formed in 1894 out of the old par. of Wimborne Minster, which from 1886 already included Uddens (formerly a detached part of Chalbury par.) and Mannington (formerly a detached part of Gussage All Saints par.).

Major Settlements

Other places in this Parish