Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity is the oldest church in the village. The church and its mission of preaching the Gospel has existed on this site since at least 1094 and has survived up to the present day.

A number of people from the past involved in that mission are remembered from their memorials. There is an inscribed stone at the north end of the sanctuary commemorating a prominent member of the community called Mr M. Robert Cole who died in 1642 and who was said to have lived more than 100 years. On the north wall behind the organ is a brass plate in memory of Thomas Cole of Beaumont Cote, who died in 1691. His virtues and attainments are recorded as '...he was a person of comely presence and deportment and of so great endowment of mind, three successive kings thought him worthy of trust and authority of a magistrate'.

The present chandelier with two tiers of arms was given to the church in 1774 as a gift by John and Ann Sparling, members of a prominent and long standing family in the parish. A gravestone commemorating the others in the family is situated close to the lectern.

The Reverend Robert Gibson is remembered particularly for his 50 years of dedicated service in the parish from 1824 to 1874 during a time when many changes were made to the church. His life and service are commemorated by a stained glass window depicting Simeon seeing the infant Jesus in the temple.

The stained glass windows in the tower and the south west corner of the nave are connected with the prominent Masheder family. They had lived in the village 'for at least 3 centuries' and achieved prominence locally and further afield. Mrs Mary Masheder ran a small private school and her son, Richard, served as a curate for four years.

Bolton le Sands today is a very different community compared to the community the church served in the past. It is no longer a small farming community but has developed into a large village with a variety of housing developments with few people working in agriculture.