Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley is a civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England, just west of Clitheroe. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,307,[1] an increase from 1,249 in 2001.[2]
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Area | 25.4318 km2 (9.8193 sq mi) |
Population | 1,307 (2011)[1] |
• Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SD6837 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CLITHEROE |
Postcode district | BB7 |
Dialling code | 01254 |
Police | Lancashire |
Fire | Lancashire |
Ambulance | North West |
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The main settlements in the parish are Hurst Green and Walker Fold. Other places are Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley, originally three hamlets forming a township. Stonyhurst College is located near to Hurst Green, within the parish.
Aighton was mentioned in 1870 in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales by John Marius Wilson, who wrote:[3]
AIGHTON, one of three hamlets forming a township in the parish of Mitton, Lancashire. It lies near Hodder river, under Longridge fell, 3½ miles NNW of Whalley r. station, and 5 WSW of Clitheroe. It contains cotton factories, a workhouse, and the Roman Catholic college of Stonyhurst. The other hamlets of the township are Bailey and Chaighley. Acres in the three, 5,780. Real property, £6,726. Pop., 1,500. Houses, 244.
Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley was once a part of the ancient parish of Mitton. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Clitheroe Rural District from 1894 till 1974.[4]
Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley also gives its name to a ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council. [5][6] The ward elects a single councillor, who currently is Janet Alcock of the Conservative Party.[7]
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