Lumb is a small village in the
Rossendale district of
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, England. It lies in the valley of the
Whitewell Brook, north east of
Rawtenstall
Rawtenstall () is a town in the borough of Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The town lies 15 miles/24 km north of Manchester, 22 miles/35 km east of Preston and 45 miles/70 km south east of the county town of Lancaster. The town is at the cen ...
. It should not be confused with the hamlet of
Lumb near
Edenfield
Edenfield is a village within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. Lying on the River Irwell, it is around north of Ramsbottom, south of Rawtenstall, and west of Norden, and has a total population of 2,080, reducing to 2,053 at th ...
, also in the Rossendale district.
Lumb was historically in the large ancient parish of
Whalley. In 1846 it was constituted a
chapelry
A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century.
Status
It had a similar status to a township but was so named as it had a chapel of ease (chapel) which was the communi ...
within the parish of Whalley, which also included the village of
Water
Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ...
. In 1866 it became part of the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of
Newchurch, and in 1894 was transferred to the
municipal borough
Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in S ...
and civil parish of Rawtenstall.
St Michael's parish church was founded in 1846.
See also
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Listed buildings in Rawtenstall
Rawtenstall is a town in Borough of Rossendale, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. Associated with it, or nearby, are the communities of Waterfoot, Lancashire, Waterfoot, Newchurch, Lancashire, Newchurch, Ewood Bridge, Lumb, Rawtenstall, Lumb, Wat ...
References
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Villages in Lancashire
Geography of the Borough of Rossendale