Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bolton

Bolton, par. and vil., W. Cumberland, on river Ellen, 1 mile NW. of Ireby, 8456 ac., pop. 908; coal, copper ore, and limestone are worked.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bolton AP       Boltons CP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Bolton

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