Horton, historically known as Horton-in-Craven, is a village and a civil parish in the

Ribble Valley Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe, the largest town. The borough also includes the town of Longridge and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. ...

district of the English county of

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(historically in the

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). Population details are now included in the civil parish of Newsholme. It is near the town of

Barnoldswick Barnoldswick (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It lies within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic West Riding of Yorkshire, West Ri ...

. Horton has a place of worship, anciently called a chapelry or

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. For transport, there is the A59 nearby. The parish adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Gisburn, Paythorne and Newsholme, the Pendle parish of Bracewell and Brogden and the parishes of Hellifield and Martons Both in the county of

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. According to the census of 2001, the parish had a population of 76, however the

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grouped the parish with Newsholme and Paythorne (2001 pop. 50 and 95), giving a total of 253. The name '' Horton'' is a common one in England. It derives from

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''horu'' 'dirt' and ''tūn'' 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'. This example is first attested in the

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of 1086. In the west of the parish in the Little Painley area, on high ground near the

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, is the site of a

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. Horton was once a

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in the ancient parish of Gisburn, in the Staincliffe Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. This became a

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in 1866, forming part of the Bowland Rural District from 1894 to 1974. It has since become part of the Lancashire borough of

. Along with

Rimington Rimington is a rural village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish was 382 at the 2001 Census, however at the 2011 Census Middop was included with Rimington giving a total of 480. It is e ...

, Gisburn, Middop, Gisburn Forest, Paythorne and Newsholme, the parish forms the Gisburn, Rimington ward of

Borough Council. The Pennine Bridleway

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and Ribble Way pass through the parish.

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File:Horton House.jpg, Horton House. File:Higher Paradise Congregational Chapel, Horton, Yorkshire - geograph.org.uk - 60250.jpg, Higher Paradise

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Chapel. File:Hoober Farmhouse.jpg, Hoober Farmhouse. File:Lonesome Pine by A682 - geograph.org.uk - 1193277.jpg, The A682 passes through the west of the parish, here joined by the Pennine Bridleway. File:Horton Pasture Farm - geograph.org.uk - 211077.jpg, Horton Pasture Farm. File:Stream by Rosber Hill - geograph.org.uk - 676875.jpg, Horton Beck, a tributary of Stock Beck.

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Geography of Ribble Valley Villages in Lancashire Civil parishes in Lancashire {{Lancashire-geo-stub

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