Rimington

Rimington
Rimington

 Rimington shown within Lancashire
Population 382  (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid reference SD806458
Parish Rimington
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

Rimington is a rural village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is east of Clitheroe and south of the A59 road. The village consists of the hamlets of Howgill, Martin Top, Newby and Stopper Lane, and was formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2] The parish council is called Rimington and Middop, and is shared with Middop, a small rural parish east of Rimington with a population of 43 as of the 2001 census, (2001 Census)[3]

The village was listed in the Domesday Book as "Renistone". Lead mining was an important industry in the village until the 19th century, and at one time there was a silver mine in the Stopper Lane area.[4]

Francis Duckworth (1862–1941) was born in the village, and composed several hymn tunes including one named after the village.[5] There is a plaque to his mem­o­ry was placed above the door­way to the former Meth­od­ist Chapel in Stop­per Lane.

Rimington railway station opened in 1872 and closed in 1959, and was on the Ribble Valley Line.

References

  1. ^ "Parish headcount". Lancashire County Council. http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-13. 
  2. ^ "Rimington Tn/CP Yorkshire through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth & others. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=14130&st=Rimington. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  3. ^ "Parish headcount". Lancashire County Council. http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-21. 
  4. ^ Freethy, Ron (2007-07-24). "Tourist guide to Rimington". Newsquest Media Group. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/touristguide/index/1203560.Tourist_guide_to_Rimington/. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  5. ^ Kelsall, Dennis and Jan (2005). The Ribble Way: A Northern England Trail. Milnthorpe: Cicerone Press. p. p.86. ISBN 9781852844561. OCLC 64081876. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9iQExYau08UC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&source=web&ots=Ly0vkvGzrs&sig=fLhu1hxCO8Axz17Fp7z--QSO7nw#PPA86,M1. 

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