Middop

Middop is a rural hamlet and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is in Ribble Valley district. Middop is near the villages of Rimington and Gisburn and approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-east of its post town, Clitheroe. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, Middop had a population of 43.[1] Owing to the limited population from the 2011 Census details are included in the parish of Rimington.

Middop

Middop Hall
Middop
Shown within Ribble Valley
Middop
Location within Lancashire
Population43 (2001 Census)
OS grid referenceSD841453
Civil parish
  • Middop
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCLITHEROE
Postcode districtBB7
Dialling code01200
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

The parish adjoins the Ribble Valley parish of Rimington the Pendle parishes of Blacko and Bracewell and Brogden.

Middop has four Grade II listed buildings and structures, Middop Hall, Newfield Edge Hall, a boundary stone and a milestone.[2]

Middop was once a township in the ancient parish of Gisburn, in the Staincliffe Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Bowland Rural District from 1894 to 1974.[3] It has since become part of the Lancashire borough of Ribble Valley. It shares its parish council with Rimington.

Along with Rimington, Gisburn, Gisburn Forest, Paythorne, Newsholme and Horton, the parish forms the Gisburn, Rimington ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council. [4][5]

  • Stocks House.
  • The A682 passes through the parish.
  • Crag Clough on the northern boundary with Rimington.
  • Howgill Beck on the western boundary with Rimington.
  • Gisburn Old Road forms the boundary with Bracewell and Brogden and is part of the Pennine Bridleway.
  • Middop Wood.

See also

References
  1. "Ribble Valley (Non-Metropolitan District) — Parish Headcounts", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 13 August 2011
  2. Listed Buildings in the Ribble Valley — Middop, Ribble Valley Borough Council, retrieved 13 May 2011
  3. "Middop Tn/CP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. "Gisburn, Rimington". MARIO. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  5. "Gisburn, Rimington". Ordnance Survey Linked Data Platform. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 22 March 2016.


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