Bolam, Northumberland
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| Bolam | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ095825 |
| Location: | 55°8’10"N, 1°51’7"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Morpeth |
| Postcode: | NE61 |
| Dialling code: | 01661 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
| Website: | Belsay Parish Council |
Bolam is a village in Northumberland, in the south of the county about twenty miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is within the Belsay civil parish, and nearby is Bolam West Houses.
About the village
The Church of England parish church is the Church of St Andrew. It has a late Anglo-Saxon west tower and is a Grade I listed building.[1]
Shortflatt Tower, about a mile and a half 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.[2]
Bolam is the burial place of Robert de Reymes, a wealthy Suffolk merchant, who in 1296 began the building of Aydon Castle, near Corbridge.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bolam, Northumberland) |
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1304102: Church of St Andrew
- ↑ National Heritage List 1042821: Shortflatt Tower
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northumberland, 1957; 1992 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09638-5
