Dunsop Bridge

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Dunsop Bridge
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53°56′46″N 2°31′12″W / 53.946°N 2.520°W / 53.946; -2.520

Dunsop Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Bowland Forest High, in the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Clitheroe, 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Lancaster and 24.5 miles (39 km) west of Skipton. Historically, the village is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but was placed under the administration of Lancashire County Council on 1 April 1974.

It is often cited as the geographic centre of Great Britain, although the exact point is at Whitendale Hanging Stones, near Brennand Farm, 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) north of the village.[1]

In 1992,

BT installed its 100,000th payphone at Dunsop Bridge and included a plaque to explain its significance. The telephone box was unveiled by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
. In BT's A1141 list of unique alphabetical Telephone Exchange codes, the code for Dunsop Bridge is DSB.

Geography

The structure named Dunsop Bridge over the River Dunsop

The village is at the confluence of the River Dunsop and the River Hodder before the Hodder flows south to join the River Ribble outside Clitheroe. The bridge from which the village takes its name consists of two simple arches which span the river.

On 8 August 1967,

Lancashire Witches are believed to have been taken to their trial at Lancaster Castle
.

History

The rivers formed the easternmost boundary of the territory of

King Athelstan to Wulfstan of York in 934 AD.[2]

The area is

Royal Forest and a liberty of ten manors spanning eight townships and four parishes and covered an area of almost 300 square miles (800 km2) on the historic borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire.[3]

Dunsop Bridge developed into a village in the mid 19th century as a result of

Towneleys and the last known Bowbearer
of Bowland. He died in 1871 and is buried at St Hubert's, Dunsop Bridge.

In 2009, it was reported that

Cambridge University don who specialises in the history of Lancashire, its place names and dialects and has ancestral links to the forest.[5][6][7] The 16th Lord made an official visit to the village in April 2011. His Bowbearer, Robert Redmayne Parker, was in attendance, together with representatives from the Bowland Higher Division Parish Council, the Forest authorities, community leaders and other dignitaries.[8][9]

St. Hubert's Church

St Hubert’s RC Church

The

hunters. The Forest of Bowland was once a royal hunting forest.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Centre of Britain". Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  2. ^ Dorothy Whitelock, ed., English Historical Documents c. 500-1042 (Eyre & Spottiswoode: London 1955)
  3. ^ Forest of Bowland official website
  4. ^ "Lord of Bowland title sold at auction". Lancashire Telegraph. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Lancashire Evening Post, 10 November 2009". Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  6. ^ Lancashire Telegraph, 13 November 2009
  7. ^ "Lord of the Fells, Guardian of History" (PDF). Rural Life. November 2014.
  8. ^ Lord of Bowland official visit Archived 2011-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ A Sign for the Times "A sign for the times | Forest of Bowland". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  10. ^ "St. Hubert's, Dunsop Bridge". Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

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