Chatburn

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Chatburn
Chatburn - geograph.org.uk - 38576.jpg
Chatburn
Chatburn is located in Lancashire
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

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Chatburn is a village, civil parish and electoral ward 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 parish adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Grindleton, Sawley, Rimington, Downham, Worston, Clitheroe and West Bradford.

History

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]

Governance

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]

Chatburn also gives its name to a ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council, which also includes Downham and Twiston. [4][5] The ward had a population of 1,324 in 2001,[6] rising to 1,316 in 2011.[7] The ward elects a single councillor, who currently is Gary Scott of the Conservative Party.[8]

Media gallery

  • Old Road, Chatburn - geograph.org.uk - 406588.jpg

    The surviving part of Chatburn Old Road.

  • Christ Church, Chatburn.jpg

    Christ Church.

  • Bold Venture Cottages - geograph.org.uk - 1141933.jpg

    Bold Venture Cottages.

  • The Black Bull, Bridge Street, Chatburn - geograph.org.uk - 541623.jpg

    The Black Bull Inn.

  • The Brown Cow, Bridge Street, Chatburn - geograph.org.uk - 541626.jpg

    The Brown Cow.

  • River Ribble and Pendle Hill from near Chatburn - geograph.org.uk - 1453926.jpg

    The River Ribble with Pendle Hill in the background.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.chatburnvillage.org.uk/Bombing_story.html#> Chatburn Bombing Story
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