Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bolton

Bolton, township, Edlingham par., N. Northumberland, on river Aln, 4 miles NW. of Alnwick, 2060 ac., pop. 139; the Earl of Surrey mustered his forces here before the battle of Flodden.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bolton CP/Tn       Edlingham CP/AP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Bolton

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