Holdfast

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Holdfast is a hamlet in Worcestershire

Other current and historical names

Holefest

Parish/Community: Queenhill
District/Borough: Malvern Hills
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°2'8"N 2°12'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 385500, 237500
OS Grid: SO855375
Mapcode Local: GBR 1J2.CCS
Mapcode Global: VH93L.L3K7

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Holdfast within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Holdfast in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Holdfast, hamlet, Ripple par., W. Worcestershire, 1½ mile SE. of Upton-on-Severn, pop. 77.

Holdfast in the Domesday Book

A village in Oswaldslow hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Priests, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Urso of Abetot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs

British Place Names

Holdfast, Worcestershire

Holdfast is a hamlet in Worcestershire

Holdfast in historic gazetteers

Holdfast in the Domesday Book