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Ribble Valley  Lancashire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ribble Valley like this:

RIBBLE (The), a river of Yorkshire and Lancashire. It rises on Whernside mountain, in Yorkshire; runssouthward, past Settle and Gisburn, to the boundary with Lancashire; traces that boundary 5¾ miles south-westward, past Clitheroe; and proceeds across Lancashire, west-south-westward, past Ribchester, Preston, and Lytham, to the Irish sea, opposite Southport. ...


It receives numerous small tributaries within Yorkshire; receives the Hodder, the Calder, the Darwent, and the Douglas within Lancashire; and expands gradually, from the lower vicinity of Preston to the sea, into an estuaryabout 5½ miles wide at the mouth. The navigation of it, for sea-borne vessels up to Preston, has recently been improved; and is guided by lights near Lytham and on Stanner Point.

Ribble Valley through time

Click here for graphs and data of how Ribble Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics for historical units named after Ribble Valley go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ribble Valley in Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17238

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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