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Search mounted for Gisburn tithe map


I mental evil, one Ribble I Valley “driving” club is (going from strength from I strength. However, the Ribble


THE search is on as pict


esque Ribble Valley


I Valley Driving Club has ] nothing to do with motor I cars, but concerns the I horse and carriage and I caters for people with an I interest in this old form of I travel. Commanding a healthy


I membership, the club was formed 12 years ago and


meets on the third Tues­ day of every month at the Black Bull Hotel, Old Langho. The club holds mainly


I non-competitive events and enjoys various driving weekends at venues all over the North West, including Dunsop Bridge, Glasson Dock and Slaid- burn, as well as annual driving holidays through-


| out the country. Great in te r e s t was


I shown at Clitheroe Coun try Show, where the club gave a well-received demonstration, and a suc­ cessful three-clay camping exhibition has just been held at Riley’s Farm, Dinckley. Anyone who would like


to join the club should con tact secretary Mrs Sylvia Armstrong (Blackburn


67534!)).


Pupils’ new classmates


YOUNG children at Clitheroe school have two new fluffy classmates. Jemima and Ed have joined the kindergarten


class at Moorland Seliool. The ducklings hatched


from eggs in the school incubator and have been carefully watched by the six and seven-year-old pupils for a month. Teacher Mrs Catherine


village request read­ ers’ help in uncovering an important historical


Gisburn tithe map is unknown but, if found, it could take pride of place at an exhibition bf maps ami flowers later in the year. The map, measuring


document. The whereabouts ol the


three to four feet in length, is likely to be rolled up and may be inside an old tin tube. It


has the distinction of being the birthplace of one of the most distinguished 19th century private map makers in England and Wales, C h ris top h er Greenwood.


Driver had no excise licence


CLITHEROE Magis­ trates’ Court fined Michael Martin a total of £130 when he admitted two motoring offences. Martin (47), of the Cross


Keys Inn, Lowergate, Clitheroe, was fined £100 for using a ear with no excise licence and £10 for not having a test certifi­ cate. He was also ordered to pay £ 10.00 back duty and £15 costs. Mr Angus Craigcn, pro­


secuting, said that a police officer in Chatburn Road, Clitheroe, stopped the defendant and informed him that he would be reported. Martin pleaded guilty


Whitham takes them home with her each night and when the ducklings grow up, she will provide them with a permanent home alongside Fred the goose also hatched at the school. The children have


festival to be held over the Bank Holiday, weekend. As well as flowers, this year’s event will promin­ ently feature a display of local maps and items con­ nected with Christopher G r e e n w o o d a n d h is brother, John. Chris­ topher was born at Cover- dale Farm in 1786 and baptised in Gisburn Church. Retired Clitheroe head­


of Gisburn Church are organising their annual


could be housed inside or outside the parish. The parish of Gisburn


master Mr Bob Jones, an enthusiastic local histo­


rian, first alerted Gisburn parishioners to the historic connection with the famous Greenwood brothers. He told them that


In August, parishioners


rare. In good condition, a complete volume may be worth £10,000. The Varley, Windle and


Tomlinson families were linked with the Green­ woods and Mr Jones and the Vicar of Gisburn, the Rev. Jonathan Lumby, hope that old-established Gisburn residents may delve deeper into their family histories to find connections with them which may lead to more information about the


missing tithe map — if not a real treasure find, a complete Greenwood Atlas!


Christopher began work as a surveyor and map maker in Wakefield, before the age of 30, and produced his first county map of Yorkshire in 1817, on a scale of almost one inch representing one mile. This was followed in 1818 by a map Lancashire. From about 1821 to


display in church the large tithe survey maps from the 1840s for Rimington, Paythorne, Horton, Mid- dop, Newsholme, Nappa, Swinden and, if found, the Gisburn area. Alongside these will be


Mr Lumby intends to


the Yorkshire Archaeolog­ ical Society, including a 9ft. by 13ft. roller map of Gisburn Estate, dated 1800, and a coloured plan of proposed landscaping for Gisburne Park. The county archivists of


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both Lancashire and York­ shire are encouraging the exhibition and the Rural Community Councils of both counties are hoping it might encourage the pro­ duction of village maps, which they see as a valu­ able way of enhancing a community’s interest in a n d c a r e o f


seen by them as a forerun­ ner to similar ones in other parishes and Mr Brian Stott's recently completed Rimington village map is to be given a prominent position. Anyone with any know­


environment. The August exhibition is


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1835, his brother John, who married Gisburn girl Sarah Varley in 1823, worked with him at his premises in London. The pair completed an Atlas of England and Wales in 1834 and some 50 county maps, before they had to sell their business due to financial problems. Although by 1828 the


o I' parish. A request has been made to borrow maps from


copies of other old maps of Lancashire,Yorkshire and the area and a display of old surveying instruments and old photographs of the


Farmer Mr Matthew Richard Bamford married sales supervisor Miss Lynne Margaret West at St Michael’s Church Whitcwell. The b r id e , who is mployed at Top Man,


Blackburn, is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs E. West, of Fair Oak


Farm, Chipping. The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs M. Bamford, of Broadhead a rm, E a s i ng t o n


Newton. Given away by her


ledge of the whereabouts of the missing tithe map, or having old suveyors’ instruments or Greenwood county maps they are will­ ing to loan, should contact Mr Lumby at Gisburn Vicarage (0200 445214).


by letter, in which his solicitor said that the vehi­ cle had been’ bought at the end of January, only a few


days before tile incident happened. Tile court heard that the


already cleared and extended a pond on half an acre of land on the playing field and stocked it with tadpoles, leeches, newts and other forms of pond life.


car was booked in for some repairs at a garage, but was broken into. As a result of this, the car was taken to another garage straight away. The ear had been driven


only been driven at all because of the break-in.


Greenwoods had produced maps of most counties, the business faced competition from Ordnance Survey and major London publishers. After the sale, Chris­ topher is known to have remarried in London and died in Hackney in 1855. John returned to Gisburn and worked as a land sur­ veyor prior to his death in 1867. Their atlases are now considered extremely


Fell race tonight


on just one occasion over a short distance and had


I Pendle Ski Club hosts its first national race


PENDLE HILL was teeming with over 100 skiers from all over the country who travelled to take part in the first national race held at the ski club.


member Christopher Blag- den (19), his sister Lisa (22) and Helen Keegan (18), who are both ex­ members of the English girls’ squad, and Paul- Anthony Cairns, a mem­ ber of tile English Schools’ ski squad, acted as fore­ runners for the event. Chris also presented the


Great Britain squad


awards to the winners. Other ski-ing notables


p r e sen t were Frank McGregor, president of the English Ski Council, and his wife Louise. They were guests of honour at tlie annual dinner held at the Meat House, Black­ burn, and had presented Pendle Ski Club racers with their cups and medals for their own club races, which were held in April. But he had put on his


took second place, with brother Tim 10th, and Ste ]> h e n W ebb, .1 a c k i e ’ brother, was 13th. Daniel Norton was 17th and Paul Hulhcrsall took 35th. Another Pendle skier Eleanor Huddleston, came fourth in the girls’ race.


TONIGHT’S the night for the Ribble Valley’s fell running enthusiasts to assemble at the foot of Pendle Hill. The annual Clitheroe


Fell Race starts at 7 p.m. and is organised once again by Mr Len Farns worth, a Clitheroe resi­ dent and member of Clay ton-le-Moors Harriers. It covers six miles and


A MUSICAL performed by Ribble Valley schoolchildren to highlight the plight of whales will be screened on June 23rd as part of Chan nel 4’s “Fragile Earth” series.


Plight of whales musical on TV


World,” was performed by 200 pupils from St Augus-


The musical, “Ocean


tine’s RC High School, Billington, at the Royal Festival Hall, London, last year, before an audience of 3,000 people — including


spent three days at King George’s Hall, Blackburn, recording the musical for Channel 4. Scripted by Colne


Prince Edward. More recently, pupils


journey of a humpback whale and her calf from coral sea b r e ed in g - grounds to cold northern waters. The TV version has been edited to reduce it to the hour available, but none of the impact of the musical or its message lias been lost, said school musical director Mr Peter Rose. It is not the first time


teacher Anne Conlon, the musical follows the risky


starts from Four Lane Ends, off the Clitheroe A59 bypass, with a mini­ mum entry age of 1; years. Entries at £1.50 will be


Washington. Tlie school has been pro­ mised copies of the video


cassette and double com pact disc version of the musical, which should be on sale to the public some time in June.


Cave venue for band concert


PRECIOUS metals can often be found deep under­ ground — but tile people of South East Holland will find they have unearthed particular priceless ore. For the sound of Slaid


burn Silver Band will soon be echoing round the lar gest man-made cave i


taken on the night. Classed as a category “B” race by the Fell Running Association, additional helpers are needed and anyone interested should coiltaet Mr Farnsworth (25572).


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tlie school has made head­ lines with an ecological message. Its musical work came to the attention of the World Wildlife Fund — which sponsored "Ocean World” — after winning an environmental song-writing contest. Two years ago the


embark on one of its most unusual assignments yet deep in the bowels of : network of caves which forms part of the biggest nuclear fall-out shelter in


Europe. The band is about to


included in a six-day trip to Valkenburg, where the band will play in th r e s o r t ' s p a r k s a n


Europe. The performance i


pupils were invited to the USA to perform their musical “Yanomamo," about the destruction of the rain fo r e s t s , in


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gardens. Every two years, the


band endeavours to tray abroad and its last trip was to Germany.


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Michael Bamford, the bridegroom's brother, and groomsman was Mr John West, the bride’s brother. Ushers were Mr David Bamford, the brid e ­ groom's brother, and Mr Robert West, the bride's


brother. The ceremony was per­


formed by the Rev. F. Cheall and the organist was Mrs Alice Howarth, accompanied by violinist Mr John Hesketh. A reception followed at


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the Craven Heifer Hotel. Chaigley, and there, was an evening reception at the Brick House Hotel. Chipping. After a honeymoon in


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Knight, who is also a com­ petition referee, had assisted Pendle Ski Club with the organisation entailed in running a national race and had nothing but praise for the Pendle Ski Club members, most of whom were doing tlie job for the first time. In the female qualifying


I and Jacqueline Webb, also of Pendle and in only her second national race, was


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I fifth. In the male equivalent,


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OVER 150 people attended Clitheroe held at Stirk House Hotel. Gisburn.


Golf Club’s centenary dinner E S


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THE fruits of the BBC Children in Need Appeal are soon to be seen in the Ribble Valley.


The Crossroads Care Scheme (£1,500) and the Trinity Youth and Community Centre (£3,500).


Benefiting from the first allocation of grants are They are among 341 organisations in the North


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although the appeal received applications totalling £50m.


Last year, Children in Need raised over £20m, ”


included a delicious meal, speeches and dancing, was described as “a fitting trib­ ute to the club’s centenary year.”


The evening, which


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