Waddington, Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°53′13″N 2°25′01″W / 53.887°N 2.417°W / 53.887; -2.417
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Waddington
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCLITHEROE
Postcode districtBB7
Dialling code01200
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53°53′13″N 2°25′01″W / 53.887°N 2.417°W / 53.887; -2.417

Waddington is a small village, 2 miles (3 km) north-west of

2011 census was 1,028.[1] Before the 1974 county boundary changes, Waddington fell just within the Bowland Rural District of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It covers approximately 2000 acres of the Forest of Bowland
.

Amenities

It is home to both an

Best Kept Village
awards.

History

See also: Lordship of Bowland

Waddington was a

Leagram, Hammerton and Dunnow (Battersby).[3]

The Tempests were lords of the manor of Waddington from at least the early thirteenth century. The family is credited with endowing the parish church at Waddington.[4] One of their number, Sir Nicholas Tempest, a Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland, was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn in 1537 for his part in the Pilgrimage of Grace.[5]

Following his defeat in the Battle of Hexham during the Wars of the Roses on 15 May 1464, King Henry VI was sheltered by Lancastrian supporters at houses across the north of England. Following stays at Muncaster Castle on the Cumbrian coast and at nearby Bolton Hall, he went into hiding at Waddington Hall,[6] the home of Sir Richard Tempest. He was betrayed by "a black monk of Addington" and on 13 July 1465, a group of Yorkist men, including Sir Richard's brother John, entered the home to arrest him. Henry fled into nearby woods but was soon captured.[7][8][9]

Waddington almshouses were endowed by Robert Parker of Browsholme Hall in 1700. St Helen's Church, which was rebuilt in 1825, has monuments to the Parker family.[6]

Governance

Along with West Bradford, Grindleton and

ward of Ribble Valley
Borough Council. [10][11] The ward had a population of 2,636 in 2001,[12] rising to 2,933 in 2011.[13] The ward elects two councillors, who currently are Paul Elms and Bridget Hilton, both of the Conservative Party.[14]

Media gallery

See also

References

  1. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Lord of the Fells, Guardian of History" (PDF). Rural Life. November 2014.
  3. ^ Forest of Bowland official website
  4. ^ Frederick George Ackerley, A History of the Parish of Mitton in the West Riding of Yorkshire (Aberdeen University Press 1947)
  5. ^ RW Hoyle, The Pilgrimage of Grace and the Politics of the 1530s (Oxford University Press 2001)
  6. ^ a b "Waberthwaite - Waghen Pages 429-432 A Topographical Dictionary of England". British History Online. S Lewis, London 1848. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  7. ^ Elizabeth Ashworth, The Capture of Henry VI
  8. ISBN 978-0-571-28809-0
    .
  9. ISBN 978-0-307-80685-7
    .
  10. ^ "Waddington and West Bradford". MARIO. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Waddington and West Bradford". Ordnance Survey Linked Data Platform. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Waddington and West Bradford ward population 2001". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  13. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Councillors by Ward: Waddington and West Bradford". Ribble Valley Borough Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

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