HOLDGATE, a parish in the hundred of MUNSLOW,
county of SALOP, comprising the townships of Bouldon,
Brookhampton, and Holdgate, and containing 238 inhabitants,
of which number, 77 are in the township of
Holdgate, 8 miles (S.S.W.) from Much Wenlock. The
living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's
books at £13. 9. 9%., and in the patronage of the
Bishop of Hereford. The church is dedicated to the
Holy Trinity.