Bolsterstone

Bolsterstone is less than 1 km south of the town of Stocksbridge within the civil parish of Stocksbridge,Ordnance survey. 1:25000. c.2012 and the electoral ward of Stocksbridge and Upper Don.{{citation| url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDownNav.do?a=7&b=790708&c=bradfield&d=16&e=8&g=366423&i=1001x1003x1018x1019&m=0&r=1&s=1347215823129&enc=1&sampleAreaId=6264083| title = Area: Bradfield CP (Parish) | work = 2001 Census: Key Statistics| publisher = Office for National Statistics}} The village is at a height of around {{convert|300|m|abbr=on}} 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 be a corruption of the root word "Walder" (also used in local place names, including a barrow{{cite PastScape|mnumber=312570|mname=Walders Low|access-date=26 February 2014}}), 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 period.Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.3–3.4 St Mary's Church was founded in 1412, and a fortified manor house ("Bolsterstone Castle") is thought to have been built by an Earl of Shrewsbury.Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.5–3.6 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;{{cite PastScape|mnumber=312545|mname=Castle Cottage|access-date=26 February 2014}} Porters Lodge, also mostly 19th-century, is thought to contain elements of the castle gatehouse.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=312605|mname=Porters Lodge|access-date=26 February 2014}}

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.Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.9–3.11 In 1802 the entire manor of Bolsterstone, over {{convert|3460|acre|km2|abbr=on}} was put up for sale, and acquired by James Rimington.Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.12{{citation| url =http://www.bolsterstone.de/Bolsterstone_for_sale.htm| title = (Bolsterstone for sale)|journal = The Times| date = 4 August 1802}}

The Castle Inn was built in 1840;Bolsterstone Area (S&DHS), The Castle Inn Public House Bolsterstone National School in 1851/2 and the Free School rebuilt in 1857;Bolsterstone Area (S&DHS), Bolsterstone Schools 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 Peak District Boundary Walk runs through the village.{{Cite book|last=McCloy|first=Andrew|title=Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park|publisher=Friends of the Peak District|year=2017|isbn=978-1909461536}}

Three first-class cricketers were born in Bolsterstone: the brothers Clem, Rowland and Rockley Wilson.

File:The two Bolster Stones at Bolsterstone. - geograph.org.uk - 1626698.jpg, after being relocated from Unsliven Bridge in Stocksbridge, widely believed to give the village its name]]

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• {{citation| url = http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/78709/draftbolsterstone-conservation-area-appraisal.pdf| title = Bolsterstone Extension – Conservation Area Appraisal| work = www.peakdistrict.gov.uk| date = February 2009| ref = caa| access-date = 2012-09-15| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120830175237/http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/78709/draftbolsterstone-conservation-area-appraisal.pdf| archive-date = 2012-08-30| url-status = dead}}
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• {{citation| url =http://www.stocksbridge-council.co.uk/bolsterstone.htm| title = BOLSTERSTONE| publisher = Stocksbridge Town Council}}
• {{citation| url = http://www.bolsterstone.de/| work = www.bolsterstone.de| title = Bolsterstone Genealogy Project}}
• {{citation| url = http://www.bolsterstone.info/| work = www.bolsterstone.info| title = Bolsterstone Community Group}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305132532/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies/community-histories/bolsterstone Sources for the history of Bolsterstone] Produced by Sheffield City Council's Libraries and Archives

• Listed buildings in Stocksbridge

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