BOLD, a township in the parish of PRESCOT, hundred
of WEST-DERBY, county palatine of LANCASTER,
4 miles (E. S. E.) from Prescot, containing 818 inhabitants.
The present elegant mansion of Bold Hall was
built after a design by Leoni; and the old hall, a curious
edifice, is now the farm-house belonging to it. The
family of Bold resided here previously to the Conquest,
and preserved an uninterrupted succession of male heirs
down to the death of Peter Bold, Esq., parliamentary
representative for the county, who died in 1761. The
Rev. Richard Barnes, promoted to the see of Carlisle in
1570, and to that of Durham in 1577; and his brother,
John Barnes, the chancellor, were natives of this place.