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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bolton like this:
BOLTON, a township in Edlingham parish, Northumberland; on the river Alne, 4 miles NW of Alnwick. Acres, 2,048. Pop., 151. Houses, 31. The Earl of Surrey mustered his forces here before the battle of Flodden. An hospital was founded here, before 1225, by Robert de Roos; and became the property of the Collingwoods. Some remains of antiquity have been found. The township forms a curacy annexed to the vicarage of Edlingham.
Bolton is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bolton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bolton in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8753
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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