Human settlement in England
Bolton is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria , England, about 4 miles (6 km) north west of Appleby-in-Westmorland , and on the River Eden . According to the census of 2001 , it had a population of 416,[ 1] increasing to 435 at the census of 2011 .[ 2] The parish touches Brougham , Colby , Cliburn , Crackenthorpe , King's Meaburn , Kirkby Thore , Morland and Temple Sowerby .[ 3]
Features
There are 14 listed buildings in Bolton .[ 4] Bolton has a pub called the New Crown Inn (formerly the Eden Vale Inn),[ 5] two schools, a primary school called Bolton Primary School , a church called All Saints Church ,[ 6] and a priory school called Eden Grove School , which is now closed.[ 7]
Crossrigg Hall is a Grade II* listed country house, designed by Anthony Salvin in 1864.[ 8] Bewley Castle was a medieval residence of the bishops of Carlisle.[ 9] There is a story told, that a castle servant named Marget Dawe once murdered a highwayman named Belted Will Scott, after he gained entrance to the castle dressed as a woman.[ 10]
Location grid
Places adjacent to Bolton, Cumbria
History
The name "Bolton" means 'Collection of buildings'.[ 11] Bolton was a chapelry in Morland parish until 1866, when it became a separate civil parish.[ 12]
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