Paythorne

Paythorne
Paythorne Methodist Chapel
Paythorne is located in the Borough of Ribble Valley
Paythorne
Paythorne
Shown within Ribble Valley
Paythorne is located in Lancashire
Paythorne
Paythorne
Location within Lancashire
Population95 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSD829519
Civil parish
  • Paythorne
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCLITHEROE
Postcode districtBB7
Dialling code01200
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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Lancashire
53°57′47″N 2°15′40″W / 53.963°N 2.261°W / 53.963; -2.261

Paythorne is a small village and civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is situated alongside the River Ribble, north-east of Clitheroe, and on the boundary with North Yorkshire. Other parishes adjacent to Paythorne are Halton West, Nappa (both in North Yorkshire), Newsholme, Horton, Gisburn, Sawley, Bolton-by-Bowland and Gisburn Forest (all in Lancashire).[2] The nearest town is Barnoldswick, situated 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south-east of the village.[3] Paythorne is on the edge of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, although only a small area in the west of the parish is within the area's boundary.[2] The Ribble Way long-distance walk passes through the village.[4]

Paythorne is a small village, with not many facilities although it has a pub (the Buck Inn) and a Methodist chapel. A mobile post office serves Gisburn; the nearest permanent Post Office is at Hellifield, 5 miles away. The area surrounding the village consists of several farms, and moorland including Paythorne Moor north of the village.

The meaning of the place name is uncertain, however suggestions have included "a thorn bush beside a pathway" and "a peacock shaped thorn bush".[5]

The manors of Paythorne and Ellenthorpe were part of the Percy Fee which was listed under Craven in the Domesday Book.[6] In the 1140s, William de Percy II, feudal baron of Topcliffe, granted Ellenthorpe, in the southwest of the civil parish, to the Cistercian monks who founded Sawley Abbey.[7] The monks developed a grange here.[8]

Historically, Paythorne was in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and before it became a parish, it was a township in the parish of Gisburn.[9]

In the 2001 census, Paythorne had a population of 95,[1] however in 2011 the parish was grouped with Newsholme and Horton (2001 pop. 50 and 76), giving a total of 253.[10][2] From the 2011 Census population details had been included in Newsholme parish.

For local government, Paythorne is part of the ward of Gisburn, Rimington in the borough of Ribble Valley.[11]

The Pennine Bridleway National Trail and Ribble Way pass through the parish, crossing the Ribble on the Paythorne Bridge. [12][13]

  1. ^ a b "Parish headcount" (PDF). Lancashire Parish Portal. Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "Wards and parishes map". MARIO. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ "OpenStreetMap". Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  4. ^ Alan Shepley; Graham Wilkinson (2005). Walking the Ribble Way – A guide from sea to source. Wood Education Programme Trust. ISBN 978-0-9541809-1-1. OCLC 124023932.
  5. ^ "Parish Council Details: Paythorne Parish Council". Lancashire Parish Portal. Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  6. ^ Whitaker, Thomas Dunham (1878), The history and antiquities of the deanery of Craven 3rd ed. (PDF), Dodson (Leeds) and Cassell, Petter & Galpin (London), pp. 44, 51–52, OCLC 504073084, retrieved 30 May 2024
  7. ^ John Harland, ed. (1853). Historical account of the Cistercian Abbey of Salley. J Russell Smith, London. p. 7. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  8. ^ Charles Travis Clay; William Farrer, eds. (2013). Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 11, The Percy Fee. Cambridge University Press. p. 232.
  9. ^ "Paythorne Tn/CP Yorkshire through time – Descriptive Gazetteer entries". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth & others. 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  10. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Newsholme Parish (1170215119)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  11. ^ The Borough of Ribble Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Office of Public Sector Information. 13 July 2001. ISBN 0-11-029681-8. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  12. ^ MKH Computer Services Ltd. "Pennine Bridleway — LDWA Long Distance Paths". Ldwa.org.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  13. ^ MKH Computer Services Ltd. "Ribble Way — LDWA Long Distance Paths". Ldwa.org.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2016.