Richard Sherras's Footpath Survey

Richard Sherras 350Between autumn 2014 and autumn 2016 Richard Sherras, a well-known villager & councillor, surveyed all of the footpaths in the Rimington and Middop parishes and also relevant connecting paths in the adjoining parishes.There is a significant amount of work here and whilst they are not walks themselves they are a great resource for anyone wanting to explore the village’s extensive footpath network.
He produced the following documents:

INTRODUCTION TO FOOTPATHS ROUND RIMINGTON (pdf)
SUMMARY MAP  (pdf)
LOCATION MAP 1 (pdf) – Dudlands, Mylah, Howgill, Downham Mill, Newby, Rimington
LOCATION MAP2 (pdf) – Rimington, Howgill, Ings End, Twiston, Rimington Moor, Middop
LOCATION MAP 3 (pdf) - Dudlands, Mylah, Todber, Gisburn
LIST OF PATHS BY PARISH  (pdf)

FOOTPATH REPORTS – this is a folder containing description, photos and map for each parish’s footpath.

Because of the large number and size of files the material has been put into the following Zip files:

Downham paths Zip file archive 4.6 mb
Gisburn paths Zip file archive 4.8 mb
Middop paths Zip file archive 3.8 mb
Rimington paths 1-20 Zip file archive 21.5 mb
Rimington paths 21-40 Zip file archive 16.9 mb
Rimington paths 41-48  Zip file archive 7.1 mb
Sawley paths Zip file archive 3.1 mb
Twiston paths Zip file archive 3.5 mb

 

 

 

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.