Bolton, East Lothian
This page is about the village in East Lothian, Scotland. See also: Bolton, Lancashire.Bolton is a small village in
East Lothian,
Scotland, approximately 2 miles south of
Haddington and 20 miles east of
Edinburgh.
The most notable buildings in the town are the Parish Church, which dates from 1809, and an 18th-century
dovecot or "doo'cot".
After the death of
Robert Burns, his brother Gilbert and later his sister Annabel and mother Agnes moved to Bolton from
Ayrshire. Gilbert himself oversaw the building of the church and the three are buried there.
