Bolam, County Durham

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Bolam is a small village located in County Durham, England. The parish population (including Hilton and Morton Tinmouth) at the 2011 census was 209,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>Teesdale Mercury 27 January 2009 Template:Webarchive</ref>

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").<ref name="mawer">Template:Cite book</ref> Or else, it may mean "at the tree trunks"; from Old English bola, Old Norse bolr ("tree-trunk, log, plank").<ref name="UNott">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>