BOLTON-le-SANDS, a parish in the hundred of
LONSDALE, south of the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER,
comprising the chapelry of Over Kellet, and the
townships.of Bolton le Sands,Nether Kellet, and Slyne
with Hest, and containing 1821 inhabitants, of which
number, 615 are in the township of Bolton le Sands, 4
miles (N.) from Lancaster. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese
of Chester, rated in the king's books at £4.15., endowed
with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of the Bishop of Chester. The
church was rebuilt in 1813. The free grammar school,
for children belonging to the townships of Bolton, Nether
Kellet, and Slyne with Hest, was founded in 1619,
by Thomas Assheton, and has an income of £23 per
annum, arising from the original endowment and subsequent
benefactions. The village of Hest is consider:
ably resorted to for sea-bathing. There are limekilns
in the township of Nether Kellet.