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The Ribble, Lancashire

Historical Description

Ribble, The, a river of Yorkshire and Lancashire. It rises on Whernside Mountain in Yorkshire; runs southward, past Settle and Gisburn, to the boundary with Lancashire; traces that boundary 5¾ miles south-westward, past Clitheroe; and proceeds across Lancashire, west-south-westward, past Ribchester, Preston, and Lytham, to the Irish Sea, opposite Southport. It receives numerous small tributaries within Yorkshire; receives the Hodder, the Calder, the Darwen, and the Douglas within Lancashire; and expands gradually, from the lower vicinity of Preston to the sea, into an estuary about 5¼ miles wide at the mouth. The navigation of it, for sea-borne vessels up to Preston, has been improved, and is guided by lights near Lytham and on Stanner Point.

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

Church Records

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


Land and Property

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