Editing Holt, Norfolk (section)

===Origins===
The most likely derivation of the name Holt is from an [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] word for [[woodland]],<ref name=brooks>Brooks, Peter, ''Holt, Georgian Market Town'', (Cromer: Poppyland Publishing, second edition 2001, {{ISBN|0-946148-53-8}})</ref> and Holt is located on wooded high ground of the [[Cromer]]-Holt ridge at the crossing point of two ancient [[Byway (United Kingdom)|by-ways]] and as such was a natural point for a settlement to grow. The town has a mention in the great survey of 1086 known as the [[Domesday Book]]. In the survey it is described as a market town and a port with the nearby port of [[Cley next the Sea]] being described as Holt's port. It also had five [[watermill]]s and twelve [[plough]] teams and as such was seen as a busy thriving viable settlement. The first [[Lord of the Manor]] was [[Walter Giffard]];<ref name=brooks/> it passed to [[Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester|Hugh, Earl of Chester]], who then left it to the [[De Vaux]] family. By this time Holt had a well-established market and two annual fairs which were held on 25 April and 25 November. Over the years Holt grew as a local place of trade and commerce. The weekly market which had taken place since before the 1080s was stopped in the 1960s.<ref name=brooks/>