Bolton is a village in the civil parish of Hedgeley, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is situated on the north side of the River Aln, about two miles (3 km) east by north from Whittingham, and miles west from Alnwick. It has a chapel and a small number of residential properties.
History
Bolton is an ancient Northumbrian village. An early record is of the establishment of a hospital, founded by Robert de Ros, Baron of Wark, before the year 1225, to support a master and three chaplains, thirteen leprous men, and other lay-brethren, dedicated to St. Thomas the Martyr, or the Holy Trinity; subordinate to the abbey of Ryeval, and the priory of Kirkham, in Yorkshire. Bolton was formerly a township in the parish of Edlingham, in 1866 Bolton became a civil parish, on 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Hedgeley. In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 79.
Governance
Bolton is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
See also
- Bewick and Beanley Moors SSSI.
- Jenny's Lantern
Notes
- This article incorporates text from An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland, Volume II, 1825, a publication now in the public domain.