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Bolam, Northumberland

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OS grid reference
  
NZ095825

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Morpeth

Local time
  
Monday 8:00 AM

District
  
Castle Morpeth

UK parliament constituency
  
Hexham

Region
  
North East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
NE61

Shire county
  
Northumberland

Dialling code
  
01661

Bolam, Northumberland

Weather
  
3°C, Wind W at 10 km/h, 94% Humidity

Bolam is a village in the civil parish of Belsay in Northumberland, England. The village is about 20 miles (32 km) north-west of Newcastle, near Bolam West Houses.

Contents

Map of Bolam, Morpeth, UK

History

The Church of England parish church of St Andrew has a late Saxon west tower and is a Grade I listed building.

Shortflatt Tower, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) 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.

Bolam is the burial place of Robert de Reymes, a wealthy Suffolk merchant, who in 1296 began the building of Aydon Castle, near Corbridge.

References

Bolam, Northumberland Wikipedia