HOLMER, a parish in the hundred of GRIMSWORTH, county of HEREFORD, 2 miles (N.) from Hereford, containing, with the chapelry of Huntington, and the township of Shelwick, 524 inhabitants. The living is a dis- charged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £6.10. 8., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew.