Holt is a village in east

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, north of

Wimborne Minster Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, ) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. It lies at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen, north of Poo ...

. The village had a

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of 1,265 in 2001. The electoral ward of the same name had a population of 2,286 at the 2011 census. It also includes

Hinton Martell Hinton Martell (also known as Hinton Martel) is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Hinton, in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the East Dorset administrative district of the county, three m ...

and Horton. Holt gives its name to Holt Heath, a nearby large

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, owned by the

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and designated as a national nature reserve. The village has a football team called Holt United which plays in the Dorset Premier League. According to the 1901 UK census, Lieutenant-General

John Plumptre Carr Glyn Lieutenant-General Sir John Plumptre Carr Glyn (11 January 1837 – 28 March 1912) was a British general who saw active service in the Crimean War and the Anglo-Ashanti War. Early life John Plumptre Carr Glyn was born Witchampton, east Dorse ...

KCB, who had fought in the

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, the

Anglo-Ashanti War The Anglo-Ashanti wars were a series of five conflicts that took place between 1824 and 1900 between the Ashanti Empire—in the Akan interior of the Gold Coast—and the British Empire and its African allies. Though the Ashanti emerged victori ...

and the

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retired to Holt with his wife

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born Ellen.1901 Census of England
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