Bolton By Bowland, Church Gates 1921
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This is a charming photograph of the area outside the churchyard entrance. Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire; with its village green next to the church, and an old inn across the road, it is just how we all imagine an old English village ought to look. In the church is the famous Pudsay Chapel: the large local marble lid of Sir Ralph Pudsay's tomb has carvings of himself and his three wives and his twenty-five children. It is large, 3 metres by 2 metres, to fit them all in.The church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. Its history is unique, for a king helped in its design. Henry VI is said to have lived here in Bolton Hall for a year or so while hiding from the Yorkists in 1464 after losing the Battle of Hexham. King Henry's Well is near the village: it is said to have been found and dug by Henry. The villagers put up a bathhouse over the spring which is still there today.
An extract from Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories.
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