Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bolton Abbey

Bolton Abbey, township, in par. and 6 miles E. of Skipton, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Wharfe, 2071 ac., pop. 142; P.O.; contains Bolton Abbey, a seat of the Duke of Devonshire, and the hamlet of Bolton Bridge.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bolton Abbey CP/Tn       Skipton Tn/AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Bolton Abbey

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