Bold, a township in the chapelry of Farnworth and the parish of Prescot, Lancashire, with a station called Farnworth and Bold on the L. & N.W.R. It includes the hamlets of Maypole and Bold-Heath. Acreage, 4483; population, 947. Warrington is the post town. The family of Bold, now represented by that of Bold-Hoghton, were seated here from the Conquest till 1761; and they give name to Bold Street in Liverpool. The ancient mansion is now a farmhouse, and the modern one is Bold Hall. Bishop Barnes, who died in 1588, was a native.
