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Bolton
Bolton on Eden
civil parish:-   Bolton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   twinned town (it's the parish that is twinned) 
coordinates:-   NY63852334 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY6323
10Km square:-   NY62


photograph
BME14.jpg (taken 30.5.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 9 9) 
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Sax9NY62.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.  "Bolton"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.
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KER8.jpg
"Bolton"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP14NY62.jpg
"Bolton"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Table of distances, with map, hand coloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Jacob van Langeren, published by Thomas Jenner, Cornhill, London, 1643.
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JEN3Sq.jpg
"Bolton"
dot, circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 52.Wmd
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
image
JAN3NY62.jpg
"Bolton"
No symbol. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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BD12.jpg
"Bolton"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
image
SMP2NYR.jpg
"Bolton"
Building. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Bolton / V"
circle, building and tower, vicarage 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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J5NY62SW.jpg
"BOLTON"
blocks, labelled in block caps; village or parish? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY62.jpg
"Bolton"
blocks, church symbol, labelled in upright lowercase; village 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Bolton
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP4.jpg
"Bolton"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
image G825A514, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.514 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "Gibson, William, self taught mathematician of the most wonderful powers, Bolton, 1720."

twinned with:-    Vobbia, Italy

places:-  
NY63682333 barn, Bolton (Bolton)
NY64172352 Bolton Bridge (Bolton / Crackenthorpe)
NY63502362 Bolton Hall (Bolton)
NY636232 Bolton Methodist Church (Bolton)
NY63762317 Bolton Pinfold (Bolton)
NY63912297 Bolton Primary School (Bolton)
NY64152334 Captain Wood (Bolton)
NY63892337 Church Gate (Bolton)
NY63832356 Eden Grove (Bolton)
NY639233 Eden Vale Inn (Bolton)
NY63672329 Elm House (Bolton)
NY63652334 Gargate Cottage (Bolton)
NY63912334 Malt Shovel (Bolton)
NY63802339 Memorial Field (Bolton)
NY63752330 Memorial Hall (Bolton) L
NY63552348 North End Farmhouse (Bolton)
NY63582344 Old Hermitage, The (Bolton)
NY63842334 Poplars, The (Bolton)
NY6323 school, Bolton (Bolton) suggested
NY63762321  (Bolton)
NY63952336 water trough, Bolton (Bolton)
NY63822327 White House (Bolton) L
NY63852306 Whyber (Bolton)
NY63932341 All Saints Church (Bolton) L
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