Place:Gisburn, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Gisburn (formerly Gisburne) is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley borough of Lancashire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies northeast of Clitheroe and west of Skipton. The civil parish had a population of 506, recorded in the 2001 census, increasing to 521 at the 2011 Census.

The civil parish adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Horton, Paythorne, Sawley and Rimington and the Pendle parish of Bracewell and Brogden.

Historically, Gisburn (#6 on map) was an ecclesiastical parish in Staincliffe and Ewcross Wapentake. From 1894 until 1974, Gisburn was located in Bowland Rural District. In 1974 the area became part of the Ribble Valley District in Lancashire. The ancient parish included the townships of Gisburn Forest, Horton (near Gisburn), Middop, Nappa, Newsholme (near Gisburn), Paythorne, Rimington and Swinden.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Gisburn. 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 Gisburn.
• Wikipedia has an outline map of the ancient and modern parish of Gisburn which may be helpful in understanding the location of the village in respect to Bowland Rural District and Ribble Valley District.
• 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.)