Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOLAM

BOLAM, a chapelry in Gainford parish, Durham; 5 ½ miles S of Bishop-Auckland. It has a post office under Durham. Pop., 190. The chapelry was constituted in 1867. Living, a p. curacy. Value, £150.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bolam Parish       Gainford Parish       County Durham Ancient County
Place: Bolam

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