Chatburn

Chatburn
Chatburn
Chatburn Chatburn shown within Lancashire
Population	1,102 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD765445
Civil parish	Chatburn
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

Coordinates: 53°53′46″N 2°21′32″W / 53.896°N 2.359°W / 53.896; -2.359

Chatburn is a village located in the Ribble Valley, East Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,102.^[1] It is situated in a hollow between two ridges north-east of Clitheroe, just off the A59 road. It lies near Pendle Hill, which is to the east of the village. The River Ribble flows to the west of the town. The town is approximately 400 feet above sea level.

The village itself can be dated back to Anglo-Saxon times; it takes its name from one of the most distinguished characters of that time, St Chad. The village sits outside the Forest of Bowland and was never considered part of the ancient Lordship of Bowland.

A feature of the village is the spire of the parish church, which was erected around 1838. The steeple was struck by lightning in 1854, but was rebuilt in the same year.

Chatburn also had its own railway station, but it was closed in 1962 before the report of Dr Beeching..

The village also features Chatburn Post Office which was bombed during the Second World War.^[2]

Chatburn was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Clitheroe Rural District from 1894 till 1974.^[3]

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 January 2016.
↑ http://www.chatburnvillage.org.uk/Bombing_story.html#> Chatburn Bombing Story
↑ "Chatburn Tn/CP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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Geography of the Borough of Ribble Valley

Towns

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Parishes

Topography

Centre of Great Britain Forest of Bowland Forest of Pendle Stocks Reservoir Stonyhurst Trough of Bowland

Footpaths	Ribble Way Lancashire Witches Walk

Hills	Easington Fell Fair Snape Fell Hawthornthwaite Fell Longridge Fell Parlick Pendle Hill White Hill Wolfhole Crag

Waterways	Bashall Brook Dinckley Brook R Calder R Dunsop R Hodder R Loud Pendleton Brook R Ribble tributaries Sabden Brook Skirden Beck Stock Beck Stydd Brook

Ceremonial county of Lancashire

North West England Portal

Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool

Boroughs or districts	City of Lancaster City of Preston Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Pendle Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Major settlements	Accrington Adlington Bacup Barnoldswick Blackburn Blackpool Brierfield Burnley Carnforth Chorley Cleveleys Clitheroe Colne Darwen Earby Fleetwood Fulwood Garstang Great Harwood Haslingden Kirkham Lancaster Leyland Longridge Lytham St Annes Morecambe Nelson Ormskirk Padiham Penwortham Poulton-le-Fylde Preesall Preston Rawtenstall Rishton Skelmersdale Waterfoot Wesham Whitworth See also: List of civil parishes in Lancashire

Rivers	Calder Darwen Douglas Hodder Irwell Lune Ribble Wyre

Canals	Lancaster Leeds and Liverpool

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Chatburn

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