Bolam, Northumberland

Bolam

St Andrew's parish church
Bolam
Bolam shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference NZ095825
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Morpeth
Postcode district NE61
Dialling code 01661
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament
Website Belsay Parish Council

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 the 1 April 1955 it was merged into 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.


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

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus; Richmond, Ian A (1957). Northumberland. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 101–102.
  • GENUKI (accessdate: 14 November 2008)
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