Bolam, County Durham
| Bolam | |
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 Legs Cross on Dere Street overlooks Bolam | |
  Bolam Location within County Durham | |
| Population | 84 (2021 census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Durham |
| Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
| Ambulance | North East |
Bolam is a small village located in County Durham, England. The parish population (including Hilton and Morton Tinmouth) at the 2011 census was 209,[1] in 2021 the parish of Bolam alone had 84. It is situated a few miles to the north-west of Darlington.
In 2009 Npower Renewables identified an area of land to the north-west of Bolam as a possible site for the location of seven wind turbines, each up to 125 metres tall.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The name Bolam was first recorded as Bolum in c. 1155. It may derive from Old English bol ("high swell of land") + ham ("homstead").[3] Or else, it may mean "at the tree trunks"; from Old English bola, Old Norse bolr ("tree-trunk, log, plank").[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ Teesdale Mercury 27 January 2009 Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mawer, Allen (1891). The Place-names of Northumberland and Durham. Cambridge University Press. p. 27. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "A Key to English Place-Names". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
External links
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