Bashall Eaves
Village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England
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::summary Village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| static_image_name | Lancashire Cheese Press - geograph.org.uk - 431556.jpg |
| static_image_caption | Lancashire Cheese press in Bashall Eaves |
| coordinates | |
| official_name | Bashall Eaves |
| civil_parish | Bashall Eaves |
| country | England |
| population | 192 |
| population_ref | (2011 Census) |
| shire_district | Ribble Valley |
| shire_county | Lancashire |
| region | North West England |
| constituency_westminster | Ribble Valley |
| post_town | CLITHEROE |
| postcode_district | BB7 |
| postcode_area | BB |
| dial_code | 01254/01200 |
| os_grid_reference | SD695435 |
| pushpin_map | United Kingdom Borough of Ribble Valley#United Kingdom Forest of Bowland |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Ribble Valley##Location in the Forest of Bowland |
| :: |
| static_image_name = Lancashire Cheese Press - geograph.org.uk - 431556.jpg | static_image_caption = Lancashire Cheese press in Bashall Eaves | coordinates = | official_name = Bashall Eaves | civil_parish = Bashall Eaves | country = England | population = 192 | population_ref = (2011 Census) | shire_district = Ribble Valley | shire_county = Lancashire | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = Ribble Valley | post_town = CLITHEROE | postcode_district = BB7 | postcode_area = BB | dial_code = 01254/01200 | os_grid_reference = SD695435 | london_distance = | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Ribble Valley#United Kingdom Forest of Bowland | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ribble Valley##Location in the Forest of Bowland
Bashall Eaves is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England, about four miles (6 km) west of Clitheroe. The placename element eaves is Old English and refers to Bashall's location on the borders of the Forest of Bowland. Historically, the village is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but was transferred to Lancashire for administrative purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.
According to the 2001 census, the parish of Bashall Eaves had a population of 162, increasing to 192 at the 2011 Census. It covers an area of almost 4000 acres. The village is home an inn, a post office, a telephone box and a selection of farms. Close by Bashall Town farm is Bashall Hall.
Bashall Eaves is predominantly a privately owned country estate historically owned by the Worsley-Taylor family.
History
Historically, Bashall or "Beckshalgh" which means the hill by the brooks, formed part of the ancient Lordship of Bowland which comprised a Royal Forest and a Liberty of ten manors spanning eight townships and four parishes and covered an area of almost 300 sqmi on the historic borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The manors within the Liberty were Slaidburn (Newton-in-Bowland, West Bradford, Grindleton), Knowlmere, Waddington, Easington, Bashall, Mitton, Withgill (Crook), Leagram, Hammerton and Dunnow (Battersby).
The manor of Bashall was granted by Edmund de Lacy, 6th Lord of Bowland, to Thomas Talbot in 1253. It remained in the Talbot family until the early seventeenth century. The Talbot Arms at Chipping commemorates the family's close association with the town. The Taylor family were lords of the manor from 1806. There is still a fine Georgian manor house close to Bashall Eaves.
In 1934, there was a murder in the village; when detectives investigated the shooting of Jim Dawson, they were met with a "wall of silence" from local residents, and the crime is still unsolved.
Governance
The civil parish was created from the ancient township of Bashall Eaves in 1866. It currently shares a parish council with the neighbouring civil parishes of Great Mitton and Little Mitton.
Notable residents
- Amanda Parker, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire since 2023
Media gallery
Image:Bashall Hall - geograph.org.uk - 72307.jpg|Bashall Hall Image:Countryside between Page Fold and Clough Bottom - geograph.org.uk - 1671852.jpg|View across the Parish Image:Bashall Barn - geograph.org.uk - 413109.jpg|Bashall Barn Image:Talbot Bridge Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 165414.jpg|Talbot Bridge Cottage Image:The Red Pump Inn - geograph.org.uk - 369016.jpg|The Red Pump Inn
References
References
- "Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Ribble Valley". [[Office for National Statistics]].
- "Bashall Eaves Parish".
- (November 2014). "Lord of the Fells, Guardian of History". Rural Life.
- [http://www.forestofbowland.com/node/1864 Forest of Bowland official website]
- Frederick George Ackerley, ''A History of the Parish of Mitton in the West Riding of Yorkshire'' (Aberdeen University Press 1947)
- (2004-10-21). "70 years on, village still refuses to reveal its murder secrets". [[Newsquest Media Group]].
- "history of BASHALL EAVES". visionofbritain.org.uk.
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