Samlesbury

Infobox UK place
official_name= Samlesbury
country= England
region= North West England
os_grid_reference=SD602302
post_town= PRESTON
postcode_area= PR
postcode_district= PR5
dial_code= 01254
dial_code2= 01772
constituency_westminster= Ribble Valley
shire_district=South Ribble
shire_county=Lancashire
latitude= 53.766
longitude= -2.604
static_

static_image_caption=Church of Saint Leonard the Less
london_distance=

Samlesbury is a small village and civil parish in the South Ribble borough of Lancashire, England. Samlesbury Hall, a historic house, is located in the village as well as Samlesbury Aerodrome. The village is also home to a large modern brewery belonging to Inbev, built in 1970-72 to brew lager for Whitbread; it also produces Boddingtons bitter.

The name Samlesbury possibly comes from the ancient name of the River Ribble and its eponymous Celtic deity Belisama. The Ribble was a source of power and the Romans built a working fort at the junction of the River Darwen and River Ribble at Walton-le-Dale. This fort was named Belisama.fact|date=February 2007 The "bury" part of the name comes from Old English "burh", meaning "fort".

Notable people

Jane Southworth, Jennet Brierley, and Ellen Brierley were charged with child murder and cannibalism as part of the Pendle witch trials of 1612.

ee also

*Samlesbury Aerodrome
*Samlesbury Hall