Aighton, Lancashire
Historical Description
Aighton, one of three hamlets forming a township in the registration district of Clitheroe, Lancashire. It lies near the rivers Hodder and Ribble, under Longridge Fell, 3 miles from Langho railway station, and 5 WSW of Clitheroe. It contains bobbin factories, several almshouses, and the Roman Catholic college of Stonyhurst. The other hamlets of the township are Bailey and Chaigley. These three, together with Bradhurst, Hurst Green, and Stonyhurst, form a civil parish, whose acreage is 6286; and population, 1370.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Lancashire | |
| Civil parish | Mitton | |
| Hundred | Blackburn | |
| Poor Law union | Clitheroe |
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 Aighton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Aighton, with Bailey and Chaigley)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online: