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Bolam is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Belsay in the county of Northumberland, England. The village is about 20 miles (32 km) north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, near Bolam West Houses. In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 60.[1] On 1 April 1955 it was merged into Belsay.[2]

Bolam

St Andrew's parish church
Bolam
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNZ095825
Civil parish
  • Belsay
Shire county
  • Northumberland
Region
  • North East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMorpeth
Postcode districtNE61
Dialling code01661
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
  • Berwick-upon-Tweed
WebsiteBelsay Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Northumberland
55.136°N 1.852°W / 55.136; -1.852



History


The Church of England parish church of St Andrew has a late Saxon west tower and is a Grade I listed building.[3]

Shortflatt Tower, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west of the village, is a late 15th or early 16th century pele tower, with a 17th-century house attached, and is also Grade I listed.[4]

Bolam is the burial place of Robert de Reymes, a wealthy Suffolk merchant, who in 1296 began the building of Aydon Castle, near Corbridge.


Landmarks


Bolam Lake Country Park is next to the village.

Three archaeological sites are nearby: Huckhoe Settlement, an iron Age and Romano-British defended settlement; Slate Hill Settlement, an Iron Age defended settlement; and The Poind and his Man, a Neolithic site.


References


  1. "Population Statistics Bolam Tn/AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. "Bolam Tn/AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. Historic England (28 April 1969). "Church of St Andrew (1304102)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  4. Historic England (27 August 1952). "Shortflatt Tower (1042821)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

Further reading




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