Bolsterstone is a village in

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, England, south of

Stocksbridge Stocksbridge is a town and civil parish, in the City of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies just to the east of the Peak District. The town is located in the steep-sided valley of ...

, and 8.5 miles to the northwest of the

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and within the city borough. It lies on the border of the

Peak District The Peak District is an Highland, upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire, it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It includes the Dark Peak, whe ...

national park. Bolsterstone had a population of 386 in 2011.

Geography and history

Bolsterstone is less than 1 km south of the town of

within the civil parish of Stocksbridge,Ordnance survey. 1:25000. c.2012 and the electoral ward of

Stocksbridge and Upper Don Stocksbridge and Upper Don ward is one of the 28 electoral wards of the borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The population of this ward was 18,541 at the 2011 Census. The main population centres in the ward are Stocksbridge and Ou ...

. The village is at a height of around above sea level on the northern side of the east–west Ewden valley, north of Broomhead and More Hall reservoirs. The origin of the name "Bolsterstone" is unknown; it may a corruption of the root word "Walder" (also used in local place names, including a barrow), or may refer to two large stones in the village, which are referred to as the "Bolster Stones". The village is thought to have been established in the

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo-Saxons happened wit ...

period. St Mary's Church was founded in 1412, and a fortified manor house ("Bolsterstone Castle") is thought to have been built by an

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. Two buildings dating from the 16th or 17th century are thought to be remnants of the castle: Castle Cottages are mostly 19th-century with parts of walls dating from the earlier period; Porters Lodge, also mostly 19th-century, is thought to contain elements of the castle gatehouse. A Free School was built in the village in 1686 (rebuilt 1780). Land around the village was enclosed after 1778, and St. Mary's church was rebuilt in the 1790s. In 1802 the entire manor of Bolsterstone, over was put up for sale, and acquired by James Rimington. The Castle Inn was built in 1840; Bolsterstone National School in 1851/2 and the Free School rebuilt in 1857; and a vicarage built in 1862; between 1872 and 1879 St Mary's church was again rebuilt. Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.13–3.16 As of 2009 the village functions as a residential village; the village has no shops, and both schools have closed; the National School building is used as a village hall. Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.17, 4.4–4.5 The

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runs through the village.

People

Three first-class cricketers were born in Bolsterstone: the brothers

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, Rowland and

Rockley Wilson Evelyn Rockley Wilson (25 March 1879 – 21 July 1957) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played for Cambridge University Cricket Club, Yorkshire, and England. Life Wilson was born in Bolsterstone, Stocksbridge, Yorkshire, and ...

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