Boltongate Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:The Parish Church of All Saints, Boltongate - geograph.org.uk - 476185.jpg
Static Image Caption:All Saints' Church, Boltongate
Coordinates:54.756°N -3.2°W
Official Name:Boltongate
Civil Parish:Boltons
Unitary England:Cumberland
Lieutenancy England:Cumbria
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Workington
Post Town:WIGTON
Postcode District:CA7
Postcode Area:CA
Dial Code:01697
Os Grid Reference:NY2240
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Allerdale

Boltongate is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated about north-east of Cockermouth. It is located just outside the Lake District National Park.

All Saints' Church has a stone tunnel-vaulted roof said to be the only one of its kind in England. It is a fortified church thought to have been strengthened to resist Scottish reivers or raiders. The nearby rectory incorporates a 15th-century pele tower.[1]

Governance

Boltongate is part of the Workington constituency of the UK parliament. The current Member of Parliament for the Workington constituency is Mark Jenkinson, who is a member of the Conservative Party.[2] The Conservative Party won the seat in 2019 from Labour, who had held the constituency since 1979. This is only the second time the Conservative Party has represented Workington since World War II, the other being after the 1976 Workington by-election.[3]

For Local Government purposes it is in the Cumberland unitary authority area.

The village has its own Parish Council, the Boltons Parish Council.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=10004 Boltongate Rectory at Pastscape
  2. Web site: Allerdale Borough Council website . 4 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120407050301/http://www.allerdale.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/councillors-democracy-election/mps-and-meps.aspx . 7 April 2012 . dead .
  3. Web site: A vision of Britain website – general elections section . 27 April 2012.
  4. Web site: the Boltons Parish Council.