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Holt

The River Dee, which marks the boundary between Wales and England, runs through this village and its importance as a crossing point can be seen in the attractive 15th-century Holt Bridge. The village of Holt was also the site of a Roman pottery and tile factory that provided material for the fort at nearby Chester. For a short while, the town had a very famous inhabitant – H G Wells, who was an usher at Holt Academy. There are scant remains of Holt Castle, or Castrum Leonis as it was called, built by John de Warren in the 13th century. The Parish Church of St Chad originally dates from the late 14th century, though it was almost completely rebuilt between 1871 and 1873.