Sawley, Lancashire

Sawley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish was 305 at the 2001 Census,^[2] rising to 345 at the 2011 census.^[1] It is situated north-east of Clitheroe, on the River Ribble. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Sawley
Sawley
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Population	345  (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SD776465
Civil parish	Sawley
District	Ribble Valley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLITHEROE
Postcode district	BB7
Dialling code	01200
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Ribble Valley
List of places UK England Lancashire 53.914°N 2.341°W / 53.914; -2.341

The parish adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Bolton-by-Bowland, Paythorne, Gisburn, Rimington, Downham, Chatburn and Grindleton.

History

Historically, Sawley fell under the Earl of Northumberland's Percy fee rather than being part of the neighbouring Lordship of Bowland.^[3] Sawley Abbey, a ruined abbey of Cistercian monks, is in the village. The abbey was founded in 1147 and dissolved in 1536.^[4] By the early 17th-century, the manor had come into the possession of James Hay, who in 1615 was created Lord Hay of Sawley, and later 1st Earl of Carlisle.^[5]

Governance

Sawley was an extra-parochial area in the Staincliffe Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. This became a civil parish in 1858, forming part of the Bowland Rural District from 1894 to 1974. The civil parish previously had a detached area on the southern side of Gisburn with a smaller part of that parish on the western side of Sawley. In 1938 these areas were joined with the respective parishes.^[6] It has since become part of the Lancashire borough of Ribble Valley. Sawley shares a parish council with two other parishes, Bolton-by-Bowland and Gisburn Forest.^[7]

Along with Waddington, West Bradford and Grindleton, the parish forms the Waddington and West Bradford ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council. ^[8][9]

Media gallery

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  The ruins of Sawley Abbey.
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  Sawley Bridge on the River Ribble.
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  Former Sawley School, now the Village Hall.
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  The Spread Eagle.
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  War Memorial.
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  Sawley Grange Farm.

See also

• Lancashire portal

• Listed buildings in Sawley, Lancashire
• Beat-Herder

References

1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Sawley Parish (1170215130)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
2. "Parish headcount" (PDF). Lancashire Parish Portal. Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
3. The Lordship of Bowland http://www.forestofbowland.com/node/1864
4. Historic England. "Sawley Abbey (1072099)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
5. Whitaker, Thomas Dunham (1878), The history and antiquities of the deanery of Craven 3rd ed., Dodson (Leeds) and Cassell, Petter & Galpin (London), pp. 71–2, OCLC 504073084
6. "Sawley CP/ExP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
7. "Bolton-by-Bowland, Gisburn Forest and Sawley Parish Council". Lancashire Parish Portal. Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original on 7 January 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
8. "Waddington and West Bradford". MARIO. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
9. "Waddington and West Bradford". Ordnance Survey Linked Data Platform. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

External links

Media related to Sawley, Lancashire at Wikimedia Commons

• Sawley Conservation Area Appraisal