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Bolam in Northumberland County England History and GeographyBOLAM, a parish comprising the township of Trewick in the western division of CASTLE ward, the townships of Bolam, Bolam-Vicarage, and Gallow-Hill, in the western division of MORPETH ward, and the townships of Belsay, Bradford, Harnham, and Shortflatt in the north-eastern division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, and containing 651 inhabitants, of which number, 55 are in the township of Bolam, 9½ miles (W. S. W.) from Morpeth. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, an ancient edifice, is dedicated to St. Andrew. On the western side of the viilage are vestiges of an oblong intrenchment, consisting of a rampart with a double trench, which was approached by a raised road. Mr. Gale ascribes it to the Britons, and is of opinion that this was the town of Glanoventa, which Camden fixes on the banks of the Wansbeck; some consider it to be of Roman, and others of Saxon, origin. A branch of Watling-street, called the Devil's Causeway, may be distinctly traced about a mile westward, near which are two stone pillars, with a tumulus between them, which, on being opened, was found to contain a stone coffin. On an intrenched rock, on the north-eastern side of Bolam-moor, there are the ruins of some ancient buildings. The village was formerly much larger than it is at present: there are coal and limestone in the parish. The township of Bolam-Vicarage comprises only the glebe land, lying on the eastern side of the church. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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