BOLAS (GREAT), a parish in the Newport division
of the hundred of BRADFORD (South), county of SALOP,
1 mile (W. by N.) from Newport, containing, with Meeson,
274 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Salop, and diocese of Lichtield and Coventry,
rated in the king's books at £7. 9. 4., and in the
patronage of Sir R. Hill, Bart. The church is dedicated
to St. John the Baptist.