Paythorne
PAYTHORNE, a township, in the parish of Gisburn, union of Clitheroe, W. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 9 miles (S.) from Settle; containing 201 inhabitants. The township comprises by computation 2800 acres of land, chiefly the property of Lord Ribblesdale.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.