b'A Roman FindPhoto by Sylvia WardT he carved stone being displayed by Peter Halkon in the accompanying photograph was described by him 1as a Roman reliefdepicting Victory. Discovered on a field bank in Bolton in 1997, Peter assesses it to be the finest and most Romanized sculpture yet found in East Yorkshire (excluding York) and is important not only as a work-of-art in its own right but also as a new indicator as to the extent of Romanisation in the territory of the Parisi.Evidently Victory, very popular with the Roman army, was a winged goddess who flew down to crown victorious athletes or generals with a wreath made from leaves.The wings of Victory and the wreath she is carrying can be seen in the detail of the Bolton carving.In his article, Peter mentions the Roman coffin found in Bishop Wilton in the 1980s and says that, A further, used as a horse trough and subsequently lost, has been found in the vicinity of Bolton itself.Whilst acknowledging that the relief may have beenPeter Halkon displays the carved stone that was associated with a retired Roman soldier and that otherfound in Bolton in 1997 at his talk at the Bishop Roman artefacts have been found in the Bolton area,Wilton Local History Group in November of 2003. Peter cautions that the relief could have come withRobert Sampson, the finder of the stone, is with cartloads of stone from the ruined Roman remainsPeter.of York.1Halkon, Peter. Britannia, Vol. 29. (1998), pp. 322-325.Bolton Methodist ChapelKate PrattT he first Methodist chapel in Bolton was built inand Robert Sanderson. Two others have been 1819; by 1869 it was considered too small andcrossed outGeorge Turner and Edward Johnson, very dilapidated and old 1 . It was decided that the siteand three names are listed as new trusteesJohn should be sold for the sum of 20 to be put towardsStephenson, George Blanshard and K James.the building of a fine new chapel with a schoolroomA new freehold site had been selected for the and a burial ground. The application for permissionchapel, away from the centre of the village but beside to build stated that there were 26 chapel members inthe road, 50 yards from the nearest dwelling which Bolton and 60 regular hearers, out of a population ofwas the Sampsons farmhouseThe new chapel was 200. The new chapel was designed to measure 36built of brick, in a neat English style, 16 feet high x 25 feet, with 120 seats of which 64 were to be letwith no gallery. The architect and builder was T Grant and 56 to be free. The estimated cost of 279 wasofPocklington, who also designed the Wesleyan to be met by a mixture of subscriptions and publicschool and circuit ministers house in Pocklington, and collections, with a grant of 25. The estimated annualchapels at Leppington, Barmby Moor and Allerthorpe. income was given as 7, with the estimated annualIt was an ambitious project to build not only a expenditure also 7workable, but only just! new chapel, but a schoolroom and, most unusually, The application is signed by three Trustees a burial ground. Naturally, a special form had to be Samuel Sampson, William Gospel and Georgecompleted discussing the suitability of the land for Campbell; on the back of the permission form manyinterments. The soil was stated to be sand at the top more are listed informally - Thomas Fawcett, Jameswith gravel below, with no water to be found at 8 feet Sellers, I Hellewood (nr Malton), R Adamson, N Smith,depth. As the average deaths per year in the village I Thomas, George Foster, W Lyon, James Marshallpopulation was only given as one, the grave yard 1This first Methodist Chapel appears to be located approximately opposite dwelling number 8 on StevenOlivers map on page 33 judging from the OS map of 1855.316 BULLETIN 16'