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Another side of the Kibble Valley


THE Kibble Valley has a lot to offer: Clitheroe


with it’s ancient castle, the abbey remains at


Sawley and Whallcy, the Roman fort at Roches­


ter. In addition there is the beautiful scenery of the valley itself with its


three great rivers; the Kibble, Hodde r and


Calder.However, a new book throws a different light on to the Kibble Valley, for it was once a cradle of the


itage: a guide to the indus­


Industrial Revolution! The book “Industrial Her­


trial archaeology of the Rib- ble V a l le y ” , by Mike Rotlnvell, reminds us that this rural part of Lancashire hail important industrial


connections. The oldest surviving cot­


ton mill in North East Lan­ cashire, for example, is at Chipping. The building dates back to 1785, and is a very rare example indeed. Clitheroe is dominated by the Norman keep of its cas­


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Handloom weavers’ cot­ tage, Slaidburn


industries — bobbin turning in Ribchester, calico print­ ing in Sabdeii, cotton at Lhe great Low Moor Mill at Clitheroe and coal mining at Read and Simonslone. Waddington boasted a


Hodder valley lime kiln


t le , bu t th e town has another feature equally sig­ nificant — the great com­ plex of cement works, the


chimneys of which are as prominent as the 900 year old fortress. Mr Rotlnvell, tells us


about the origins of this and many o th e r in te re s t in g


ing of the railways in the mid-Victorian era proved a major stimulus. By 191-1 th e re were 13 mills in operation in Clitheroe. Between 1850 and 1805, 2-1 mills were built in the Rib- ble Valley, and two greatly


expanded. For author Mike Roth-


well, a Blackburn primary school head teacher, it has been a five-year labour of love producing what is Rib- ble Valley's first compre­ hensive guide to industrial archaeology. Clear descriptions ol


JACK WHITAKER looks round a village t h a t ’s g o t lo t s o f c h a r a c t e r


IE vou chanced to spill a bucket of water at a point on ‘the A5(i at Foulridge — a point between the Hare and Hounds pub and the church gates — ha 1


o f that water would run to the Irish Sea and hall


would finish up in the North Sea. 1 hat s with natural drainage prevailing, of course, taking no account of what may have been ordained.


venv.nns ave provided awd map references to all sites are given. Many drawings and p h o to g r a p h s a re included, ami, at £5, Lhe book, published by the Bridgestone Press, is an absolute must for anyone in te re s ted in industrial archaeology in this area. O


runs clear across the road, unseen but observable. Unseen in the sense that it doesn’t hit you in the eye, but observe and reflect and you e-.\w see \L. This Une runs all the way through the village. Sometimes it’s plain to see. a fairly narrow line and sometimes it’s a field wide. Yet it is always there. Indeed that line runs unbro­ ken the wiiole length of the Pennincs, from Derbyshire to the Cheviots. To follow that line would


For here the watershed


is broad and indistinct but it curls away and divides our football field from the cricket field. Onward we go Ui Lhe ridge of Noyna and to Noyna End. Here, on the narrow road, you can place a foot on either side of the watershed. Now the line meanders


field belonging to Lower Broach Farm. Here the lme


around Throstle Nest, Earl Hall and Great Edge farms and leaves the parish on


those heights. Out of the parish, the line


be a task too daunting for my old bones. But it is a challenge that some young­


ster, or a group of young­ sters, may one day take up.


chainvorks while the Hod- dcr Valley was pitted with


lead mines. The first spinning null


was established at Low Moor in 1782 and the open-


Moor Hey Bobbin Mill, Ribchester


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spot on the main road a lew- yards south of the Hare and Hounds pub. On the east side or the road, just behind tlie row of houses known as Pcndlc View, is a wall that divides the gardens of Pen- dle View from the garden of “Burnside”. This wall runs east and west and on the south side the land drains to the west coast. On the north side it drains to the east coast. Absolutely on the line yet at the eastern end of the wall, we debouch into a fiat


you, in imagination, on a line through Foulridge, the watershed village. We will s ta rt from the


crosses Skipton Old Road near Lhe Black Lane Ends pub and the Colnc/Keighley road on top of the Moss and, of course, it keeps east of the Corn Close Reservoir, which was built to supply water to Colne. To come back to our


Foulridge: the watershed village


starting point and turn to the west. The watershed skirts the vicarage and goes on to Alma Avenue. In fact, L believe that Lhe ridge of one pair of houses on Alma Avenue is THE watershed, to all intents and purposes. We continue, Lake Bur-


wain is all west coast but our line wanders across fiat fields on Reedymoor Lane, across the old (much dis­ puted) railway line and OVER the mile tunnel. Incidentally, the mile tunnel is part of the summit level of Lhe Leeds and Liverpool Canal. This gives point to our search. This is where the watershed would be expected to be found. □


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