A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Bolton. You may be able to find further references to Bolton in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| BOLTON | a town, two townships, three subdistricts, and a district | Imperial |
| Bolton-le-Moors | Bartholomew | |
| BOLTON-LE-MOORS | a parish | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Bolton.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Anglezarke | township | Bartholomew |
| ANGLEZARKE | a township | Imperial |
| ASTLEY-BRIDGE | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Banktop | village with railway station | Bartholomew |
| BANK-TOP | a village | Imperial |
| BELMONT | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Belmont St Peter | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| Blackrod | township and village with railway station | Bartholomew |
| BLACKROD | a village and a township-chapelry | Imperial |
| Bradshaw | township | Bartholomew |
| Breightmet | township | Bartholomew |
| BREIGHTMET | a township | Imperial |
| Capernwray | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| CAPERNWRAY | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Darcy Lever | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
| DARCY-LEVER | a township | Imperial |
| Eagley | village with school | Bartholomew |
| Edgeworth | township | Bartholomew |
| Edgworth | settlement with Post Office | Bartholomew |
| Entwisle | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
| ENTWISTLE | a township | Imperial |
| Folds | village | Bartholomew |
| FOLDS | a village | Imperial |
| Gale | village | Bartholomew |
| GALE | a village | Imperial |
| Hall | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Harwood | township | Bartholomew |
| HARWOOD | a village, a township, and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Haulgh | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| HAULGH | a township | Imperial |
| High Houses | village | Bartholomew |
| HIGH HOUSES | a village | Imperial |
| HORROCKS-FOLD | a village | Imperial |
| Horrocksford | village | Bartholomew |
| Leverbridge | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| LEVERBRIDGE | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Lever, Darcy | township and village with railway station | Bartholomew |
| Lever, Little | township and village | Bartholomew |
| Little Lever | Bartholomew | |
| Longworth | township | Bartholomew |
| LONGWORTH | a township | Imperial |
| Lostock | township | Bartholomew |
| LOSTOCK | a township | Imperial |
| Oldhams | village | Bartholomew |
| OLDHAMS | a village | Imperial |
| PICCADILLY | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Quarlton | township | Bartholomew |
| QUARLTON | a township | Imperial |
| SMITHILLS | a village | Imperial |
| Turton | town and township | Bartholomew |
| Walmsley | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| WALMSLEY | a chapelry | Imperial |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Bolton within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| George Borrow | Over the Berwyns | 5 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 10: Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland | 5 |
| John Wesley | 1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy | 2 |
| John Wesley | 1751-3: Wesley's Marriage; Cornwall Smugglers; Illness and Recovery | 2 |
| John Wesley | 1785-90: Collects Money for the Poor; Visits House of Lords; Reasons for his Long Life | 2 |
| William Adams | Tramp Life | 1 |
| Charles Wesley | Sept. 17 - Nov. 5, 1756: Midlands, Yorkshire and Manchester | 1 |
| George Head | North Lancashire | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1746-8: Severe Weather; Ireland; Wesley's Protest against Lawlessness | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1754-6: Retirement in Paddington; Wesley Slandered; Premonitions | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1765-8: Justice for Methodists; Methodist Character; Instructions to Parents | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1781-4: An Ideal Circuit; Wesley in his Eighties; Wesley Visits Holland; Scotland | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Heaton | 0 | 2 |
| Halliwell | 0 | 2 |
| Deane | 0 | 2 |
| Rumworth | 0 | 2 |
| Smithills | 0 | 2 |
| Daubhill | 0 | 2 |
| Astley Bridge | 0 | 2 |
| Oldhams | 0 | 2 |
| Sharples | 0 | 2 |
| Lostock Junction | 0 | 2 |
| Haulgh | 0 | 2 |
| High Houses | 0 | 2 |
| Great Lever | 0 | 2 |
| Tonge | 0 | 2 |
| Lever Bridge | 0 | 2 |
| Middle Hulton | 0 | 2 |
| Darcy Lever | 0 | 3 |
| Breightmet | 0 | 2 |
| Over Hulton | 0 | 2 |
| Lostock | 0 | 2 |