Holt Local History Society

The Society was founded in January 1992.

Its aim is to promote the study of the history of Holt and the surrounding area. The Society has working groups of members on various projects resulting in publications, exhibitions, local lectures, waymarked village trail leaflets and hands on archaeology.

Lectures for 2024/2025 Season are:
September 26, 2024: Judith Beastall - Origins of Ellesmere Port (1795-1850)
October 24, 2024: Alister Williams - Capt Bernard Warburton-Lee VC, of Redbrook, Maelor, Wrexham
November 28, 2024: Michael Blackburn - Studying the landscape
January 23, 2025: Mike Royden - The Poor Law and Workhouse in West Cheshire and the Welsh Borderland.
February 27, 2025: Keith Lawrence - The Great Fire of Nantwich
March 27, 2025: Jill Burton - Queen Victoria’s Visit to North Wales, 1889
April 24, 2025: Mark Leah - Recent Archaeological Work in Cheshire