A number of sources have been used in preparing the introductory and individual farm chapters, 

these include:.





PRINCIPAL INFORMATION SOURCES



Printed or Archive:

An Archaeological Framework, ed. M. Carver; Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. 7 Third Series 31-38 1980 

Bassett, S.; "Churches in Worcester Before and After the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons." Antiquaries Journal 69 225-56 1989 

Buchanan,B.A.; The Land Utilisation Survey, Worcestershire 1944

Census Returns - 1841, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91

Colebourn & Gibbons; Britain's Countryside Heritage 1990

Driver, J.T.; The Knights of the Shire for Worcestershire During the Reigns of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V , Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. XL New Series p.42-64 1963

Driver, J.T.; Worcestershire Knights of the Shire 1377-1421, Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. 4 Third Series p.19-34 1974

Driver, J.T.; Worcestershire Knights of the Shire Pt. 3 Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. 5 Third Series p.7-22 1976

Enclosure  Act; Holt parish 1810 - HWRO ref BA677 (899:54)

Fennel, D.; The Excavation of a Romano-British Enclosure at Hawford, Worcestershire Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. XL p.6-9 1963

Foley estate rent audit 1793 (By kind permission of Mr A T Foley)

Gaut; History of Worcestershire Agriculture 1939

Garmonsway, G.N.; The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1972 Dent London

Henson,E; Rare Breeds in History 1982

Hodgetts, Michael, Elizabethan Priest Holes: East Anglia, Baddesley Clinton, Hindlip, Recusant History

Hunt, A.M. et al; Trans. Worcs. Arch. Society #10 1986

Hurst, D.; "Major Saxon Discoveries at Droitwich." Current Archaeology 126 252-55 1991

Jones, A.E.E.; Anglo-Saxon England 1958             

Land Tax Assessments

MAFF; Loaves and Fishes 1989

Map   of   Holt   Parish   by  J   Doherty   the   younger   1745 - HWRO ref BA974 (s705:114)                        	

Quarter Session Records

Richards, J.D.; Viking Age England 1991 BCA London

Sale Catalogue; Earl of Dudley's estates 1920 - HWRO ref BA9526/42 (b7.5:1041) Salzman, L.F. ed., The Victorian History of the Counties of England: A History of Worcester Vol. IV, 1945

Tithe  awards  and maps; Holt and Little Witley 1839 - HWRO ref BA1572 (s760:356)

Tithe  awards  and  maps; Holt  and  Little  Witley  1926  &  1928 - HWRO ref BA1572 (r760/358, s760/359 & s760/360)

Trades Directories

Welch, M.; Anglo-Saxon England 1992 BCA 1992

Wood, M.; Domesday, A Search for the Roots of Modern England  1986 BBC London

Wood, M.; In Search of the Dark Ages1987 BBC London

Worcestershire Sites and Monuments Record





Electronic Media:

Comptons Multimedia Encyclopedia. Varoius Articles 1998 Comptons

Encarta 96 Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1996 Microsoft Corporation.

World Book Discoveries 1997 Liris Inertactive/IBM

World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1998 IBM



Internet Sources:

The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James - Beauchamp Line (Earls of Warwick)  

The Gunpowder Plot Society 

John de Holt Beauchamp

A Brief History of Witley Court

Ancient attitudes to ancient monuments: British Archaeology, no 29, November 1997

All change after the Norman Conquest - British Archaeology, no 35, June 1998



Personal and E-mail Communications:


Addison, D. (E-mail)

Chavasse, Rev. Paul (E-mail)

Cooper, T.W. of Gatley, Holt, Worcs

Hancocks, J.P. of Rowley Farm, Holt, Worcs

Smith, l. of Goose Farm, Lulsley, Worcs (E-mail)