Place:Middop, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Middop is now a rural hamlet and civil parish in Lancashire, England, in the Ribble Valley District. It is near the villages of Rimington and Gisburn and approximately 8 miles (13 km) northeast of its post town, Clitheroe. It shares its parish council with Rimington. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, Middop had a population of 43.

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Historically, Middop was in the ecclesiastical parish of Gisburn in Staincliffe and Ewcross Wapentake. From 1894 until 1974, Middop was located in Bowland Rural District. It was transferred to Lancashire in 1974.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Middop. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Gisburn provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Middop.
• 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.)