St Botolph's Church, Bossall

The Church of England records include this background information about the parish:[4] A vicarage was ordained at Bossall in 1229.

The rectory and advowson of the church initially descended with the manor of Bossall but by 1378 it had passed to the Nevill family.

The advowson was fully appropriated to the college c.1404, and the college retained it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries when it was granted by the King to the Dean and Chapter of Durham.A report published in 1839 states that the church was suffering from neglect at that time, although the interior walls had been recently cleaned.

The south porch has a moulded round-headed arch with four orders of shafts with dogtooth and stylised flower decoration, and waterleaf capitals.

Monuments include a brass figure commemorating Robert Constable, a former chancellor of Dunelm, who died in the 1540s, and several memorials to members of the Belt family.