IT is fascinating what can be found right on our doorstep here in Bolton.

Many of us visit Bolton Town Centre or work here yet have no idea what is going on when it comes to historical significance.

How many times have you passed Bolton Museum and thought about popping in but not done anything about it?

What about Bolton Parish Church — do you have an idea what gems lie inside and outside that can feed your imagination and reveal so much about Bolton in the past?

A recent visit to meet church warden Cllr John Walsh not only taught us about a tragic accident that cost a much loved former councillor his life but also a fascinating fact about one of the men who lived in this wonderful town.

There are, of course, gravestones and tombs in the graveyard of Bolton Parish Church to well known Bolton figures.

Take for instance the tomb of Samuel Crompton. He was, of course, the man who invented the Spinning Mule that would revolutionise cotton spinning not only in Bolton but throughout the country.

His invention put Bolton well and truly on the map.

There is another tomb in the graveyard that should you get the opportunity to read the inscription would certainly get you thinking.

The grave itself was for John Moore who was an eminent surgeon in Bolton.

But there is fascinating inscription on it referring to his son, Edwin Justice Moore, who was 28-years-old when he died “barbarously murdered” by native Americans in California on October 6, 1850.

It is believed Edwin was scalped and his body never returned to Bolton.