Bolton is a village and

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in the

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, England, about north west of

Appleby-in-Westmorland Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, with a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby was the county town of the historic county of Westmorland. It ...

, and on the River Eden. According to the census of 2001, it had a population of 416, increasing to 435 at the census of 2011. The parish touches

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, Colby, Cliburn, Crackenthorpe, King's Meaburn,

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, Morland and

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Features

There are 14

listed buildings in Bolton Bolton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, and its central area is unparished. The central area of the town contains over 230 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. ...

. Bolton has a pub called th
New Crown Inn
(formerly the Eden Vale Inn), two schools, a primary school calle

a church called All Saints Church, and a

priory A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns (such as the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, and Carmelites), or monasteries of ...

school called Eden Grove School, which is now closed. Crossrigg Hall is a Grade II* listed country house, designed by

Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin (17 October 1799 – 17 December 1881) was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations. He restored castles and country h ...

in 1864. Bewley Castle was a medieval residence of the bishops of Carlisle. 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.

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History

The name "Bolton" means 'Collection of buildings'. Bolton was a chapelry in Morland parish until 1866, when it became a separate civil parish.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Bolton
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