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Bolam, Northumberland

Village in Northumberland, England

Field	Value
official_name	Bolam
static_image_name	The church at Bolam - geograph.org.uk - 547496.jpg
static_image_caption	St Andrew's parish church
coordinates
os_grid_reference	NZ095825
civil_parish	Belsay
region	North East England
unitary_england	Northumberland
lieutenancy_england	Northumberland
country	England
constituency_westminster	Berwick-upon-Tweed
post_town	Morpeth
postcode_area	NE
postcode_district	NE61
dial_code	01661
website	Belsay Parish Council

Bolam is a village in the civil parish of Belsay in the county of Northumberland, England. The village is about 20 mi north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, near Bolam West Houses.

History

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

Shortflatt Tower, about 1.5 mi 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.

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

In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 60. On 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Belsay.

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

{{NHLE. (28 April 1969)
{{NHLE. (27 August 1952)
"Population Statistics Bolam Tn/AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain.
"Bolam Tn/AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain.

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