MAY I inform the reader who said that the idea of changing Bolton's name to Bolton-le-Moors was silly, that this was the name of the town when the Charter was granted to the Ferrers family - then Earls of Derby - in the 13th Century.
The name was only changed to the simple common name of Bolton when the Charter of Borough of Bolton was granted in 1838.
I prefer Bolton-le-Moors as it distinguishes it from all the other Boltons in England, the closest of which is Bolton Abbey, near Skipton, which is owned by the Duke of Devonshire.
Finally, the title of Bolton Parish Church is the Parish Church of St Peter, Bolton-le-Moors, and when my late mother and I attended evensong in Westminster Abbey very soon after the war, the preacher was Canon Havelock Davidson, vicar and rural dean of St Peters, Bolton-le-Moors.
So, for anyone who is proud of being a Lancastrian, use the town's ancient title and toast the Queen, Duke of Lancaster.
Dorothy B Waters, Member of the Royal Society of St George, Winifred Road, Farnworth
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