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Longridge, Lancashire

Historical Description

Longridge, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Ribchester parish, Lancashire. The village stands in the townships of Alston, Hothersall, and Dilworth, on the SW slope of Longridge Fell, 1½ mile SW of the terminus of the Preston and Longridge railway, 2 miles N of the river Ribble, 3½ W by N of Ribchester, and 7 NE of Preston. It is a populous and thriving place; carries on nail-making, cotton-spinning, and the manufacture of various cotton fabrics; conducts a large trade in the transport by railway of building-stone from neighbouring quarries; and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Preston, a railway station, and fairs on 16 Feb., 16 March, 16 April, Holy Monday, and 5 Nov. It was formed into a local government district in 1883. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1865, and comprises the townships of Alston and Dilworth. Population, 4101. Several reservoirs of the Preston Waterworks are here. Longridge Fell is a hill about o½ miles in length, extending northeastward from Longridge village to the vicinity of the river Hodder at the boundary with Yorkshire. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; net value, £375 with residence. Patrons, Hulme's Trustees. The church was rebuilt in 1823, and consists of a chance!,nave, and south porch, with a tower. There are a Congregational chapel, built in 1865; a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1836, and restored in 1885; a Roman Catholic chapel, built in 1869 in lieu of a previous small one. There are also a chapel of ease erected in 1887-90, a Conservative club erected in 1885, a Liberal Association, and a police station built in 1880.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLancashire 
Civil parishRibchester 
HundredBlackburn 
Poor Law unionPreston 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Longridge from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online:

DistrictRibble Valley
CountyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtPR3
Post TownPreston

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