Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley

Coordinates: 53°50′N 2°29′W / 53.84°N 2.49°W / 53.84; -2.49

Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
Boer War Memorial at Hurst Green
Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley  Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley shown within Lancashire
Population	1,249 (2001)
OS grid reference	SD6837
District	Ribble Valley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLITHEROE
Postcode district	BB7
Dialling code	01254
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Ribble Valley
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire

Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley is a civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England, just west of Clitheroe. The main settlements in the parish are Hurst Green and Walker Fold. Other places are Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley, originally three hamlets forming a township. The parish has a population of 1,249.^[1] Stonyhurst College is located near to Hurst Green, within the parish.

Aighton

Aighton was mentioned in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales by John Marius Wilson, who wrote:^[2]

AIGHTON, one of three hamlets forming a township in the parish of Mitton, Lancashire. It lies near Hodder river, under Longridge fell, 3½ miles NNW of Whalley r. station, and 5 WSW of Clitheroe. It contains cotton factories, a workhouse, and the Roman Catholic college of Stonyhurst. The other hamlets of the township are Bailey and Chaighley. Acres in the three, 5,780. Real property, £6,726. Pop., 1,500. Houses, 244.

References

1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Ribble Valley Retrieved 31 July 2010
2. ^ Stringer, Phil (2005-02-09). "Aighton". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/AightonBaileyandChaigley/. Retrieved 2008-04-17.