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Rimington is a rural village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is east of Clitheroe and south of the A59 road. The village consists of the hamlets of Howgill, Martin Top, Newby and Stopper Lane, and was formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Boulton (Bolton) listed in land deeds of 1302,〔Yorkshire Deeds,Vol 8, By Charles Travis Clay〕 and Robert Elwald son of Alan listed ca 1305.〔Calendar of Close Rolls, Vol 1302-7〕 The parish council is called Rimington and Middop, and is shared with Middop, a small rural parish east of Rimington with a population of 43 at the 2001 census, (2001 Census)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Parish headcount ) 〕 The village was listed in the Domesday Book as "Renistone". Since Tudor times, until the late 19th century, lead mining was an important industry around the village. At one time silver was derived as a by-product of the mining, to the extent that Queen Elizabeth I declared the Stopper Lane Mine as being a Mine Royal.〔 〕 Francis Duckworth (1862–1941) was born in the village, and composed several hymn tunes including one named after the village. There is a plaque to his memory was placed above the doorway to the former Methodist Chapel in Stopper Lane. Rimington railway station opened in 1872 and closed in 1959, and was on the Ribble Valley Line. ==See also== *Listed buildings in Rimington 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rimington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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