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Bolton Castle

14th-century castle located near Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England
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Bolton Castle

Summary

Bolton Castle is a historic house museum[1]. It draws 320 Wikipedia views per month (historic_house_museum category, ranking #73 of 425).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bolton Castle was a member of Historic Houses Association[3].
  • Bolton Castle is located in Castle Bolton with East and West Bolton[4].
  • Bolton Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Bolton Castle's instance of is recorded as historic house museum[6].
  • Bolton Castle's instance of is recorded as quadrangular castle[7].
  • Bolton Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[8].
  • Bolton Castle's architect is recorded as John Lewyn[9].
  • Bolton Castle's commissioned by is recorded as Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton[10].
  • Bolton Castle's Commons category is recorded as Bolton Castle[11].
  • Bolton Castle's occupant is recorded as Tom Orde-Powlett[12].
  • Bolton Castle's occupant is recorded as Katie Orde-Powlett[13].
  • 1379 marks the founding of Bolton Castle[14].
  • Bolton Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SE03379183[15].
  • Bolton Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.3221, 'lon': -1.94991}[16].
  • Bolton Castle's significant event is recorded as slighting[17].
  • Bolton Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.boltoncastle.co.uk/[18].
  • Bolton Castle's official website is recorded as https://boltoncastle.co.uk/[19].
  • Bolton Castle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bolton Castle[20].
  • Bolton Castle's Commons gallery is recorded as Bolton Castle[21].
  • Bolton Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[22].
  • Bolton Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[23].
  • Bolton Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[24].
  • Bolton Castle's has part is recorded as moat[25].
  • Bolton Castle's located in protected area is recorded as Yorkshire Dales National Park[26].
  • Bolton Castle's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Leyburn DL8 4ET'}[27].

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Founding

1379 marks the founding of Bolton Castle[14].

Why It Matters

Bolton Castle draws 320 Wikipedia views per month (historic_house_museum category, ranking #73 of 425).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Mapping Museums. museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Postal code → DL8 4ET
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Museum Countries from MML ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/1f775a6fab1|details]])"
  2. 28d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architect → John Lewyn
    Inception → +1379-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 54.3221, 'lon': -1.94991}
    Country → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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