Balderstone is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Ribble Valley
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district of
Lancashire
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, England. The population of the Civil Parish taken at the
2021 census was 402.
History
Although a relatively modern building, Sunderland Hall in the northeast corner of the parish, on the bank of the
River Ribble, has roots in a medieval
monastic grange
Monastic granges were outlying landholdings held by Monastery, monasteries independent of the Manorialism, manorial system. The first granges were owned by the Cistercians, and other orders followed. Wealthy monastic houses had many granges, mo ...
. Around 1170, Ailsi son of Hugh, lord of Balderston and
Osbaldeston, gave Sunderland Holme to the
Cistercian monks who had founded
Sawley Abbey. In 1540, after the
dissolution of the monasteries, the site was among the former monastic lands owned by Sir Arthur Darcy. He sold it Sir Alexander Osbaldeston, whose grandson also called Alexander, built the original Sunderland Hall around 1596.
Geography
It is located east of
Preston and north-west of
Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...
.
Community
In the village are the
Anglican
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Church of St Leonard, a
primary school
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, and a
community centre
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.
Building details
In the 2001 census it had a population of 379 and 1n the 2011 census it had a population of 410.
See also
* Listed buildings in Balderstone, Lancashire
Notes
External links
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Villages in Lancashire
Civil parishes in Lancashire
Geography of Ribble Valley