On Sunday 14th July the Ilkley Half Marathon will take place.  The route is from Ilkley to Bolton Abbey and back to Ilkley.  The roads will be closed from 9.30 am and open between 10.30 am (from the start) to 2.33 (the end).  This means that we will probably not be able to get to […]

The June 2019 edition of the magazine is now online, and can be found here. It contains details of a forthcoming vigil for victims of torture; greetings from old friends in the Pyrenees; and the prizewinners from the Bolton Abbey Show.

The May 2019 edition of the magazine is now online, and can be found here. It contains accounts of the installation of Nicholas Mercer as our new Rector; one of his first services, the Blessing of the Lambs; and the opening of the season for Bolton Abbey cricket club.

The Priory’s programme of concerts for 2019, kindly sponsored by Kirbys Solicitors, features a wide range of singers, instrumentalists, styles and genres. Saturday 11 May                     ‘Songs of Love and Marriage and Trial by Jury.’ Aireborough Gilbert & Sullivan Society. Songs and choruses from ‘The Gondoliers’, ‘The Sorcerer’, ‘The Mikado’ and ‘HMS Pinafore’ on […]

Tickets are now on sale for this concert in aid of the Priory’s Heating Project, to take place on Saturday 18 May at 1930. Cantores Salicium is pleased to present a programme inspired by the beautiful east wall painting in the Priory. Each of the plants depicted represents a biblical symbol: barley and vines for […]

Our new Rector, Revd Nicholas Mercer, conducted his first Blessing of the Lambs service on Sunday 14 April 2019, in which we celebrated the role of our local farming community in nurturing God’s creation, and in particular the many flocks of sheep and lambs. Nicholas himself is very familiar with sheep farming communities. His previous […]

On the evening of 01 April 2019, in a church filled with parishioners, clergy, friends and family, the Revd Nicholas Mercer was installed as the new Rector of Bolton Priory. The service of Institution was led by The Rt Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Ripon, with the Induction and Installation conducted by The Venerable […]

The April 2019 magazine, whose publication was delayed until the installation of our new Rector on 01 April, is now online. The magazine can be found here. It contains the first letter from our new Rector, Revd Nicholas Mercer; some interesting observations on our Visitors’ Book; and a reminder of the devastating Spanish ‘Flu epidemic […]

Next Monday, 01 April, 7.00 pm

The March 2019 magazine is now online. The magazine can be found here. It includes an invitation to the service of Institution and Induction for our new Rector, Nicholas Mercer; a report on Candlemas in Ripon Cathedral; and a full account of the accomplishments of the ‘Men of Oar’, two of whom have Bolton Abbey […]