| Static Image Name: | All Saints Church Bolton - geograph.org.uk - 984145.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | All Saints Church |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Bolton |
| Coordinates: | 54.604°N -2.561°W |
| Civil Parish: | Bolton |
| Population: | 435 |
| Population Ref: | (2011) |
| Shire District: | Eden |
| Shire County: | Cumbria |
| Region: | North West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Penrith and the Border |
| Post Town: | APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND |
| Postcode District: | CA16 |
| Postcode Area: | CA |
| Dial Code: | 01768 |
| Os Grid Reference: | NY6323 |
| Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Eden |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Eden, Cumbria |
Bolton is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, about 4miles north west of Appleby-in-Westmorland, and on the River Eden. According to the census of 2001, it had a population of 416, increasing to 435 at the census of 2011. The parish touches Brougham, Colby, Cliburn, Crackenthorpe, King's Meaburn, Kirkby Thore, Morland and Temple Sowerby.[1]
There are 14 listed buildings in Bolton.[2] Bolton has a pub called the New Crown Inn (formerly the Eden Vale Inn),[3] two schools, a primary school called Bolton Primary School, a church called All Saints Church,[4] and a priory school called Eden Grove School, which is now closed.[5]
Crossrigg Hall is a Grade II* listed country house, designed by Anthony Salvin in 1864. Bewley Castle was a medieval residence of the bishops of Carlisle.[6] There is a story told, that a castle servant named Marget Dawe once murdered a highwayman named Belted Will Scott, after he gained entrance to the castle dressed as a woman.[7]
The name "Bolton" means 'Collection of buildings'.[8] Bolton was a chapelry in Morland parish until 1866, when it became a separate civil parish.[9]