Bolton Low Houses

Human settlement in England

Boltons

Unitary authority

Cumberland

Cumbria

Region

North West

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Workington

List of places: UK; England; Cumbria

54°47′17″N 3°11′13″W / 54.788°N 3.187°W / 54.788; -3.187

Bolton Low Houses is a small village in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Cumberland, it is located 3.1 miles (5.0 km) by road to the southwest of South End.^[1] There is a coal mining area to the east between Oughterside,^[2]^[3] Allhallows Colliery and Bolton No.2 Pit.^[4] In 1831, Samuel Lewis noted that there was a meeting house for dissenters in Bolton Low Houses.^[5] It contains a Methodist Chapel and a pub, the Oddfellows Arms.^[6]

References

^ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
^ Great Britain. Royal Commission on Coal Supplies (1904). Reports. H. M. Stationery Office. p. 99. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (1896). Transactions. p. 110. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (1884). Transactions - North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. p. 132. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ Lewis, Samuel (1831). A topographical Dictionary of England. Lewis. p. 182. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ Parson, William; White, William (1976). A history, directory, and gazetteer of Cumberland and Westmorland: with that part of the Lake District in Lancashire, forming the Lordships of Furness and Cartmel. Michael Moon. Retrieved 9 July 2012.