Bolton

Bolton is a hamlet and the third smallest parish in , Scotland. It lies approximately 2 miles south of and 20 miles east of , and is an entirely agricultural parish, 6 miles long by about 1.25 miles wide.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: Bolton, East Lothian

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bolton Parish Church and St Mary’s Collegiate Church.

Church
is a church in Bolton, , . It is part of the Church of Scotland and serves the parish of Yester, Bolton and Saltoun.

Church
The Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of Scotland in , , . Building work on the church was started in 1380, and further building and rebuilding has taken place up to the present day. is situated 2½ miles north of Bolton.

Building
is a historic house set in woodlands half a mile south of in , . The house comprises a 15th-century tower, originally known as Lethington Castle, and has been extended several times, principally in the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samuelston and Gifford.

Hamlet
is a small town just outside of . It has a population of 957. George Ker, laird of , supervised building work at the church of for James IV. His daughter Nichola Ker married Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home. is situated 1½ miles west of Bolton.

Village
is a village in the parish of Yester in , Scotland. It lies approximately 4 miles south of and 25 miles east of . It groups around the Colstoun Water at the junction of the B6369 and B6355 surrounded by rural farmland. is situated 2 miles southeast of Bolton.

is a market town in , 15 miles east of Edinburgh in central Scotland. It's the administrative centre of East Lothian council area, with a population of 10,360 in 2020.

Bolton

Latitude
55.92082° or 55° 55′ 15″ north
Longitude
-2.7906° or 2° 47′ 26″ west
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
Open location code
9C7VW6C5+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4034017551
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2655236
Wiki­data ID
Q3641915
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Bolton” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Bolton
  • Dutch: Bolton
  • French: Bolton (East Lothian)
  • French: Bolton
  • Italian: Bolton
  • Lithuanian: Boltonas
  • Swedish: Bolton, Skottland

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bolton”. Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.