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Rh 808 BOLTON-LE-MI the varied elements of the surrounding scenery. Not iv tin- Yharfe rushes through a deep Mi-id. It was here, accord- sliat tli'' "noble boy of Egrcmound," son of tlf : /a, was drowned. The genius of Wordsworth has thrown a surpassing charm about the the place, in his exquisite poem of the "White BOLTON BRIDGE, a hmlt. iu the tnshp. of Bolton Al,l v, and par. of Skipton, wap. of Staincliffe and the West Riding of the co. of York, G miles to tli" X.E. <>f Skipton. A chapel for the benefit of travellers l;i H.TON BBOW, a hmlt. ill tin- tnshp. of Skircoat, .x, wap. of Mori, v, in the V, st Hiding of the co. of York, 1 mile fnmi Halifax. It is near the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway. BOLTON-ItY-lioWLAND, or BOLT' (N-BT-BOL- LAND, a par. in the western div. of the wap. of > cliffe and Ewcross, in the West Riding of the co. of ', 12 miles to the S. of Settle. Clitheroe is its post town. It is situated on the borders of Lancashire, on the banks of the river Kibble, near Bowland Forest, and includes, besides the village of Bolton, the hmlts. of Holden and Forest Becks. The living is a rect." in the dioc. of l;ip n. 'i the val. of 335, in the patron, of Mrs. II A. I. in:,. I..]. The elmroh is dedicated to St. Peter, and ins a curious old font and several interesting i most remarkable of which is a tomb, sur- >, a limestone slab, 10 feet long, 5 feel SinchM broad, and 9 inches thick, to the memory of Sir Ralph Pudsay, his throe wives, and 25 children. The i-h.ni- table endowment* of the parish consist of a free school, with an income of 30 per annum, also a girls' school, the poor, producing about 25 a year. Bolton Hall, the residence of Mrs. Littledale, was formerly the seat of the Pudsays, and is a very ancient mansion. Henry VI. founded an asylum here after the fatal battle of Hex- ham, and the king's boots and gloves were for long kept here as relics. A. well close by bears his name. The population is entirely agricultural. BOLTON CASTLE, a chplry. in the par. of Wensley, wap. of V, -t Hang, in the North Riding of the co. of .,5 miles to the E. of Askrigg. Bedale is its post town. It is situated on the north side of Wensleydalo, an extensive tract of fertile and picturesque country, on hanks of the river Yore. It is the site of a castle founded in the reign of Richard II., by Richard Lord IK', at that time Chancellor of England. Mary Queen of Scots was confined iu this fortress a short time in 1668, and was removed hence to Tutbury Castle. n Castle was held for the long during the Civil War, hut alter a long siege it was surrendered to the parliament, in November, 1645. The living cur. in the dioc. of Ripon, of the val., with that of Redmirc annexed to it, of 160, in the patron, of the ley. The church is dedicated to St Os- wald. There are charitable endowments worth 1 a ruins of the castle, which are of con- sid< i '. stand on the edge of a hill commanding a wide prospect over the scenery of the dale. The walls on the north and east sides are dilapidated, but the west front is nearly ]> 1 1,, t. Bolton Hall, erected in 1678 by the first Duke ot l!,,lton, is the seat of Lord Bol; whom it gives the title of baron. It is about M from. and is pleasantly situated on th i : .tun, M^ ^ grounds. BOLTON INN, or < HKKKl'uINT.a vil. in th of Gaultiero, in the eo. of Waterford, prov. of Sin i i the E. of Waterford. N-l.K-.M<M)l;S. a par. and market town, and municipal and parliamentary borough, in the hund. of id, in the eo. palatine of Lancaster, 10 miles to the N V. of Manchester, and 200 miles from London. It is an important station, ,n the I ,< -ndon and North- Western, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire railways, and i nect ' is lines with all the principal surrounding towns. The par., which extends over 30,062 acres, is intersected by the small river Croal, a branch, Iiw.il, and comprises the clij t, lilackrod, Bradshaw, Harwood.
 * v endowed, and several bequests for the benefit of
 * iidi:e, Kmimt'iii, Toiu-e, Turtoii,.,

the tnshps. of Anglezarke, 1'. worth, Entwistle, Longwortl. Sharpies. The town consists of the two Holt on and Little Bolton, separated 1 Tho first fact of importan. is tho settlement of some 1" tho first half of the 14th century. '1 -., loth, introduced hy - beginning of the trading activity town, i .,'ocs from the cruel despotism sought here in later time th, i with them the knowledge of various i Weavers from the l;h mixed fabric of linen yarn andi < were made here first about th dimitv, and ijuiltin^. somewhat later most important inventions for tho im] cotton manui made by residi To Richard Arkwright was ov spinning-jenny aiM Crompton tho invention of 1 geniously combining tin The invention was made public in 1 7f>0, and t immense impetus M 2 tie i mcnt acknowledged tho services had not enriched himself, by a errant of 5,000. ' ton resided near Bolton, in ai 1 hou* the Hall-in-the-Wood a name which was (firm i to the mule. Factories were uiultii engine and tho power-loom extension to tho works and t side of tho parliament in : century, and the town was garrisoned and hdd popular forces till 1644. In that year an to take it by storm was m:< Prince Rupert and th, repulsed by the garrison, litit s KOOBC sault by tho Earl of Derby, tenantry and fresh forces, was remained in their possession for a sh< again surrendered to the parliament earl, made prisoner after the fight al tried before a military tribunal at and beheaded in this town in 1651. 1 rounding Bolton is chiefly moory and barrenness of the surface is compensated al. The town, par;: ion, contains several longnndt which are paved and lighted with gas. , pli. -1 with water by a com) whoso works cost 40,000. ' have been made in the town u Bolton Moor, tho rents for tho inclosed 1 hy the, oinini- aro a townhull, an exchange (ere k, (-house, theatre, asscmhly rooms, torn]
 * hall, barracks, water-works.

..lories form the great mass the town. The cotton factories are very numti on a large scale. The chief produ, '. muslins, quillings, and dimity. Hero are u ,c hleach-works, dye-v. foundries and steam-engine mat print-works. Bolton wa" constituted a parli borough under the lYtonn - to parliament. It was made a municipal I charter obtained in 1838, under w hi, h it is a mayor, 12 aldermen, and 36 couni revenue is about 6,500, and tho numb" houses 13,348. I l.itiY liolton, the limits of tho n rv boroughs, which are contonninw vils. of 'Horrocks Fold, Eagley Bank, and t Uaulgh with Tonge. Tho population of 1