Bolam, County Durham
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bolam is a small village located in County Durham, England. The parish population (including Hilton and Morton Tinmouth) at the 2011 census was 209,[1] in 2021 the parish of Bolam alone had 84. It is situated a few miles to the north-west of Darlington.
In 2009 Npower Renewables identified an area of land to the north-west of Bolam as a possible site for the location of seven wind turbines, each up to 125 metres tall.[2]
Etymology
The name Bolam was first recorded as Bolum in c. 1155. It may derive from Old English bol ("high swell of land") + ham ("homstead").[3] Or else, it may mean "at the tree trunks"; from Old English bola, Old Norse bolr ("tree-trunk, log, plank").[4]
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