John Parkinson

John Parkinson was one of two young men who emigrated to Australia from Rimington and were enlisted in the Australian Armed Forces. Sadly they were both killed in action. The initial research on these two men, carried out for the publication 'Craven's Part in the Great War', was done by Dorothy Falshaw (Gisburn) and Shirley Penman (Clitheroe). Subsequently (February 2021) Shirley has provided the following information from the Australian archives.

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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.