When I was a lad, Bolt-ons were things that you spent money on to kid yourself that they'd make your old banger go faster, but following a message from Martin Briscoe, my list of geographical Boltons has expanded a bit. Martin kindly provided the following link http://www.gazetteer.co.uk which provides a list of Boltons, complete with OS grid references These have been helpful both in disambiguating names and in weeding out duplicates from the combined list. One interesting addition that I hadn't been aware of, even though it's practically on the doorstep, is Little Bolton, a locality in Pendleton, Salford. This is not the same place as the erstwhile township of Little Bolton which in modern times has been subsumed into 'our' Bolton. The revised list, arranged in alphanumeric order by OS grid reference, is as follows: Bolton Muir NT5068 Scotland, east of Musselburgh, East Lothian Bolton NT5070 Scotland, east of Musselburgh, East Lothian Bolton Low Houses NY2344 Cumbria, between Cockermouth & Carlisle Bolton New Houses NY2444 Cumbria, S of Wigton Bolton with Adgarley SD2472 Cumbria, Urswick Bolton Woods NY2544 Cumbria, S of Wigton Boltonfellend NY4768 Cumbria, 10 miles NE of Carlisle Boltongate NY2240 Cumbria, between Workington & Calisle Bolton NU1013 Northumberland, west of Alnwick Bolton NY6323 Cumbria, between Appleby & Penrith Bolton Town End SD4867 Lancashire, N of Morecambe Bolton le Sands SD4868 Lancashire, N of Morecambe Bolton Green SD5517 Lancashire, Charnock Richard ******** Bolton SD7109 Lancashire (balefully, now in Gtr Manchester) Bolton-le-Moors historical name for Bolton or parts of Bolton Great Bolton -do- Little Bolton -do- (not to be confused with LB, Pendleton) ********* Bolton-by-Bowland Bolton-by-Bolland (old name for Bolton-by-Bowland, was Yorkshire) SD7849 Lancashire, Ribble Valley Castle Bolton SE0391 Yorkshire, Wensleydale, SW of Richmond Bolton Bridge SE0653 Yorkshire, between Skipton & Blubberhouses Bolton Abbey SE0753 Yorkshire, between Skipton & Blubberhouses Bolton Woods SE1635 or SE1535 (?) Yorkshire, between Bradford and Shipley Bolton Outlane SE1735 Yorkshire, between Bradford and Shipley Bolton-on-Swale SE2599 Yorkshire, between Catterick & Scorton Bolton Upon Dearne SE4502 Yorkshire, between Barnsley & Doncaster Bolton Percy SE5341 Yorkshire, between Tadcaster & Selby Bolton SE7752 Yorkshire, between York and Driffield Little Bolton SJ7898 Lancashire, Pendleton roughly between Eccles & Trafford Park (not to be confused with LB ancient township, now Bolton as above) Boltonhill SM9211 Pembrokeshire There are five places called simply 'Bolton', plus others with that name included. Some of these might be questioned as to their qualification to appear in the list, but there are no particular rules, so I've erred on the side of inclusion. For example I did wonder about Boltonfellend, but Google turns up many references, including flower deliverers, estate agents, business advisers and transvestites. That's more than cosmopolitan enough for me, so in it goes. In spite of all that, this is probably still an incomplete list, so it's a work in progress, awaiting additions and corrections. Taking up Martin's thought, if Valerie thinks it's worth adding to her website I'll be happy to re-format it to suit. Rgds, Bob Thornley, Bolton