Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RIMMINGTON

RIMMINGTON, a township in Gisburn parish, W. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to Lancashire, 5 miles N E of Clitheroe r. station. It contains the hamlets of Marton-Top, Todber, Howgill, Stopperlane, Newby, and Gaze-gill. Acres, 3,082. Real property, £3, 545. Pop. in 1851, 607; in 1861, 501. Houses, 97. The manor belongs to G. L. Fox, Esq. Silver, lead, and calaminewere formerly worked. There is an Independent chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Gisburn AP/CP       Rimington Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Rimington

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