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Grindleton lies in the valley of the River Ribble, between Pendle Hill and the rising fells of the Forest of Bowland. It is a historical village, identified in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Gretlintone.
The Parish Council
Welcome to the new Grindleton village website. The site has been developed by the Parish Council. Our aim is to offer residents and visitors a focus for events and activities taking place in the village and its environs, to enable access to Parish Council documents and to advise residents of local issues. Information is also available from organisations such as the police and local charities.
We also seek to promote the village to visitors and to support local businesses. The website highlights to residents and visitors alike, the opportunities for recreation and exercise in our beautiful surroundings.
The fells and valleys of the Forest of Bowland AONB, Pendle Hill and the Ribble Valley are internationally recognised as outstanding landscapes.
Announcements
The Notice of Appointment of Date for the Exercise of Electors' Rights is the opportunity to inspect documents related to the audit of Grindleton Parish Council accounts (end-Mar 09). Information is available on the Parish Council webpage
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The next Parish Council meeting will be on 4 August 2009 at 07:30pm in the Parish Room, St Ambrose School. All villagers are welcome to attend.
Inscription for the new village centre-piece? The Parish Council has been improving the village focus near the Duke of York with the aid of Ribble Valley Grant. It is now a good place for visitors and locals alike to rest on the two benches. The next phase is the installation of a stone slab table. Local people are asked to suggest some intriguing/imaginative wording to be inscribed into the table top. If you have suggestions, please contact the Clerk, Mary-Ann Renton (01200 422062).
Are you a East Lancashire student studying at Lancaster University and would like free transport? See the Lift Share scheme link in the right column.
Events
The Grindleton WI meeting on 9 July 2009 will be a talk by Mr P Watson on “The Origin of Surnames”. There will also be a competition: Design your own family crest. Please download our 2009 Programme for further information.
St Ambrose Parish Church will be holding a Sunday Lunch on 19 Jul 09 at Beechwood (by kind permission of Alan and Liz Rowntree). Tickets are £12.50 each. Please contact Carol Pye for details (01200 441507).
There are additional events and meetings in the Village Diary.
On this website
310,000 sheep in Bowland
Some of the features available are:
- Download Parish Council minutes, the Parish Plan, Parish Actions and other documents related to the Council's desire to strengthen its links with the community;
- View the Village Diary;
- View a comprehensive list of activities available in the village and other local communities;
- Get advice on the ways to contact the police and our Emergency Community Support Officer, download copies of In-Touch (the neighbourhood policing newsletter), and review community safety statistics;
- Support the Recreation Ground Charity by attending publicised fund-raising events;
- Acquire information on outdoor activities, and view a gallery of the village and fells;
- Through Google mapping, view and navigate active satellite images and maps of the area;
- A history of the village and download our village Heritage Trail.
An abridged history
Grindleton is one of a series of villages on a terrace above River Ribble. Our neighbours are Sawley, West Bradford and Waddington. Clitheroe is about three miles away, and Chatburn is situated across the river close to the foot of Pendle. The historical character of the village is farming, and cottage-based hand-loom weaving. Grindleton is a planned Saxon village. The Main Street is linear, climbing up towards the fell, parallel to Grindleton Brook. The village is famed for a 17th century non-conformist religious sect - the Grindletonians. Jam making was a local industry and damson trees still grow in a number of gardens.
Grindleton's mills are now gone. Gandhi visited the area in 1931 as part of his visit to the Lancashire cotton industry. He came at the invitation of the Secretary of State for India to see for himself the impact of the Indian National Congress' policy on the boycotting of English cotton goods.
The remains of Sawley Abbey are a short distance away. The Parish Church of St. Ambrose dates from 1805, and its chancel, north aisle and porch from the 1895. The church is named after St. Ambrose of Milan, the patron saint of beekeepers. [More...]