Sawley, Lancashire

Sawley

Sawley
Sawley

 Sawley shown within Lancashire
Population 305  (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid reference SD776465
Parish Sawley
District Ribble Valley
Shire county Lancashire
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CLITHEROE
Postcode district BB7
Dialling code 01200
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Ribble Valley
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire

Sawley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. It is situated north-east of Clitheroe, on the River Ribble. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Sawley shares a parish council with two other parishes, Bolton-by-Bowland and Gisburn Forest.[2]

Sawley Abbey, a ruined abbey of Cistercian monks, is in the village. The abbey was founded in 1147 and dissolved in 1536.[3] Historically, Sawley fell under the Earl of Northumberland's Percy fee rather than being part of the powerful neighbouring Lordship of Bowland.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Parish headcount". Lancashire Parish Portal. Lancashire County Council accessdate=2008-09-20. http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf. 
  2. ^ "Bolton-by-Bowland, Gisburn Forest and Sawley Parish Council". Lancashire Parish Portal. Lancashire County Council. http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/parish_display.asp?parishid=179. Retrieved 2008-09-20. 
  3. ^ "Detailed Record: Sawley Abbey". Images of England. English Heritage. 2007. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=183470. Retrieved 2008-09-20. 
  4. ^ The Lordship of Bowland http://www.forestofbowland.com/node/1864

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