Holdgate

{{Short description|Village in Shropshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = Holy Trinity Church at Holdgate, Shropshire - geograph.org.uk - 671791.jpg

|static_image_caption = Holy Trinity Church, Holdgate

|coordinates = {{coord|52.502|-2.647|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Holdgate

|population =

|population_ref =

|civil_parish = Abdon and Heath

|unitary_england = Shropshire

|lieutenancy_england = Shropshire

|region = West Midlands

|constituency_westminster = Ludlow

|post_town = MUCH WENLOCK

|postcode_district = TF13

|postcode_area = TF

|dial_code = 01746

|os_grid_reference = SO560895

}}

Holdgate (or Stanton Holdgate or Castle Holdgate) is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Abdon and Heath, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Its name is taken from its Norman lord Helgot [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22864 British History Online] Holdgate who owned the village in 1086 along with 17 other parishes in Shropshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 47.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10356763/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Holdgate CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=3 June 2023}}

The village is laid on top of a small hill which rises to {{convert|169|m|ft}} above sea level. Its parish church is Holy Trinity.Ordnance Survey mapping There are remnants of the medieval Holdgate Castle. Holdgate was once (in medieval times) a more populous place than today.

On 1 April 1967 the parish was abolished and merged with Tugford and Munslow.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10356763|title=Relationships and changes Holdgate CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=3 June 2023}}[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22864 British History Online] Holdgate Bouldon was, until 1884, a detached part of Holdgate parish.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22865 British History Online] Bouldon

A mile (1.6 km) to the northeast is the village of Stanton Long. Between the two villages, but within the former Holdgate parish (now in the Abdon and Heath parish) is the hamlet of Brookhampton.

To the south is Tugford.