Bolam, Northumberland

Bolam
St Andrew's parish church
Bolam  Bolam shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NZ095825
District	Castle Morpeth
Shire county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Morpeth
Postcode district	NE61
Dialling code	01661
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Hexham
Website	Belsay Parish Council
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Coordinates: 55°08′10″N 1°51′07″W / 55.136°N 1.852°W

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.

History

The Church of England parish church of St Andrew has a late Saxon west tower and is a Grade I listed building.^[1]

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.^[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.

References

1. "Church of St Andrew". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 28 April 1969. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
2. "Shortflatt Tower". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 27 August 1952. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

Further reading

• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Richmond, Ian A (1957). Northumberland. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 101–102.

External links

• GENUKI (accessdate: 14 November 2008)