Cuttings and Snippits

These are transcriptions from newspaper cuttings, diary entries and other personal documents. To see them click on the link

Extracts from two 19thC Rimington diaries (pdf)

Newspaper reports of fires at Black Bull Inn & Newby Mill (pdf)

Newby Mill in the news, icluding fire (pdf)

Stopper Lane, Abstracts of 19thC Deeds (pdf)

Stopper Lane, Abstracts of Deeds of 4 cottages east of the former shop (pdf)

Inn keepers in Bowland (pdf)

 The will of Thomas Lister of Arnoldsbiggin 1707 (pdf)

The will of Christofer Lister of Medehoppe 1548 (pdf)

The sales of two significant estates

Lord Ribblesdale and Lane Fox both had significant land and property holdings in Rimington and Middop.

In 1918 G.R.Lane Fox wote to his tenants to say that he was selling the whole of his estates at Rimington and Elslack to Mr Walter Pollard of Nelson.

Click on the following to read G. R. Lane Fox's letter to tenants 27 January 1918 (pdf)

Subsequently Mr Pollard became bankrupt and so the estate was sold on 18 March 1924 ( some lots having been sold privately before the sale).

1924 sale of estates 350

In September 1927 part of Lord Ribblesdale's estate was sold

Newspaper report of Lord Ribblesdale's estate sale (pdf)   

Military Service Tribunals

Military Service Tribunals were bodies click here formed by borough, urban district and rural district councils to hear applications for exemption from conscription  into the British Army during the First World War.

To see information about a local tribunal click here

To see further information about a local tribunal click here

Coronation 1953

To see how Rimington and Middop celebrated the Coronation click here

 

 

 

  

 

Rimington & Middop Heritage Day

Ribble Valley Archaeology and Local Historian Brian Stott are holding another Heritage Day

At Rimington Memorial Institute
On Sunday 16 March 11am to 4pm

As well as information on the village's heritage generally there will be information on the exciting archaeological digs we have done in Rimington; these are on the Roman Road and in the search for a lost medieval chapel. We have found well preserved remains of the Roman road and in the search for the chapel we have found the foundations of a large medieval stone building, along with many pieces of medieval pottery and at least one confirmed piece of Roman pottery.

This is a fantastic opportunity to find out about your local heritage, find out how to have a go at archaeology and ask us questions about what we have found and our future plans.