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 the parish was abolished and merged with Belsay.[2]
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
- ^ "Population Statistics Bolam Tn/AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Bolam Tn/AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ Historic England (28 April 1969). "Church of St Andrew (1304102)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Historic England (27 August 1952). "Shortflatt Tower (1042821)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
Further reading
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Richmond, Ian A (1957). Northumberland. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 101–102.
External links
- GENUKI (accessdate: 14 November 2008)
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