Place:Grindleton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Grindleton (#9 on map) has been, since 1974, a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley District, in the English county of Lancashire. Its 3700 acres sit within the Forest of Bowland.

Historically, Grindleton was a township in the ancient or ecclesiastical parish of Great Mitton in the Staincliffe Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1894 until 1974, Grindleton was located in Bowland Rural District.

In 1938, a geographically non-contiguous area of Low Bowland Forest was transferred to Grindleton.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Grindleton.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Grindleton. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Great Mitton provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Grindleton.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Bowland Rural District. This section provides statistics on population and industry, as well as a listing of the civil parishes and the alterations to the municipal organization.
• A map of the West Riding of Yorkshire circa 1888 (before the existence of rural and urban districts) supplied by A Vision of Britain through Time
• A map of the southern part of the West Riding of Yorkshire circa 1931 supplied by A Vision of Britain through Time
• A map of the northern part of the West Riding of Yorkshire circa 1931 supplied by A Vision of Britain through Time (Bowland Rural Districts is divided in half horizontally between these two maps.)