Boltongate
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Boltongate is a village in Cumbria
, England
. It is situated about 10 miles (16.1 km) north-east of Cockermouth
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All Saints Church, Boltongate
has a stone tunnel-vaulted roof said to be the only one of its kind in England. The nearby Rectory incorporates a 15th century pele tower
.
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated about 10 miles (16.1 km) north-east of Cockermouth
Cockermouth
-History:The Romans created a fort at Derventio, now the adjoining village of Papcastle, to protect the river crossing, which had become located on a major route for troops heading towards Hadrian's Wall....
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All Saints Church, Boltongate
All Saints Church, Boltongate
All Saints Church, Boltongate, is in the village of Boltongate, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland and the diocese of Carlisle...
has a stone tunnel-vaulted roof said to be the only one of its kind in England. The nearby Rectory incorporates a 15th century pele tower
Peel tower
Peel towers are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger...
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