| Population: 1102 | Grid Reference: SD765445 | Co-ordinates: 53.896,-2.359 |
Chatburn
Not far from the A59 road just
north-east of Clitheroe is Chatburn, a large village dating back to
Anglo-Saxon times. The village takes it's name from St. Chad
and it's brook (or burn). The village church of Christ Church
date from the start of the Victorian era, with it's spire been erected
in 1838 and rebuilt soon after it was struck by lightening in 1854.
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Ample
employment was provided in Chatburn by the several mills that operated
in the village along with the Bold Venture lime works, gas works and
quarry. The village has a Post Office which was bombed during the Second World War. The main A59 road once passed through Chatburn until the Clitheroe by-pass was built in 1971, routing the road through a cutting nearby. Chatburn had a railway station until 1962, a year before Dr. Beeching's report which led to the closure of many more railway stations along with thousands of miles of track across the U.K. The 1961 film, Whistle Down The Wind features parts of the village and some of the children from the local primary school. There are two pubs in Chatburn, the Brown Cow and Black Bull. Christ Church |