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Tourist guide to Simonstone

TRAVEL EXPENSES: The old toll house at Simonstone, where travellers would pay before continuing their journey

4:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

Simonstone was once an important village situated on the old coach road, first planned in the 19th century, which still has traces of this once vital route between Burnley and Whalley.

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Tourist guide to Rimington

TIMELY REMINDER: The sundial at Martin Top with its message

3:07pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

THIS delightful village has over the years had a variety of names.

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Tourist guide to Pendleton

2:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

SITUATED just two miles to the south east of Clitheroe, this splendid village is split in two by a lovely clear stream, the haunt of dipper and yellow wagtail.

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Tourist guide to Langho

GEM: Old St Leonard's was built in 1557, almost certainly as a reaction against the destruction of Whalley Abbey

1:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

LANGHO is definitely a village of two halves. New Langho developed purely because of the construction of the railway in the mid 19th century, when it became into a minor but still thriving commercial centre.

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Tourist guide to Mitton

LINK: Mitton Bridge, which crosses the River Ribble, links the two hamlets

1:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

THE name Mitton derives from the word Mythe meaning a junction of rivers. The two rivers are the Ribble and its major tributary the Hodder which meet nearby.

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Tourist guide to Hurst Green

1:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

Stonyhurst, the famous boarding school whose famous old boys include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the actor Charles Laughton is a beautiful place and with strong literary connections.

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Tourist guide to Goosnargh

HISTORY: The village of Goosnargh takes its name not from geese but from the name of a Saxon chieftain

12:47pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

THIS delightful community, about five miles to the north east of Preston, has a pleasant village green.

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Tourist guide to Bolton-by-Bowland

SPECTACULAR: The bridge over the Ribble at Sawley shares the spectacular scenery of Bolton-by-Bowland

12:02pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

THE most attractive feature of any English village is its green and so what can be said about Bolton-by-Bowland which has two?

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Tourist guide to Chipping

ANCIENT ORIGINS: The village of Chipping was mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

CHIPPING lies in the valley of the River Loud, but it has its own babbling brook and is protected in a fold between the Bleasdale and Longridge Fells.

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Tourist guide to Ribchester

RECYCLED: The pillars supporting the porch of the White Bull hotel, built in 1707, are thought to have come from the Roman temple of Minerva.

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

RIBCHESTER is unique not just because it is historically wonderful but also because it is the only village which is set directly on the banks of the River Ribble.

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Tourist guide to Waddington

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

Waddington is one of Lancashire's most photographed villages but many folk insist that it should still be in Yorkshire.

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Tourist guide to Downham

PAST AND PRESENT: The beautiful village of Downham, in the shadow of Pendle Hill, has changed surprisingly little over the years

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

THERE has been a settlement in Downham since long before the Norman Conquest.

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Tourist guide to Slaidburn

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

Slaidburn, with its ancient church and Hark to Bounty pub which was once a courthouse is a joy.

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Tourist guide to Whalley

THRIVING: The busy town of Whalley

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

WHALLEY stands astride the Lancashire Calder, which meanders on for a mile or so until it meets the River Ribble.

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Tourist guide to Samlesbury

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

Samlesbury is situated on the outskirts of Blackburn on the road to Preston.

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Tourist guide to Clitheroe

Clitheroe Castle at sunset

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

WITH its market charter dating to 1147, Clitheroe is the second oldest town in Lancashire.

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