Little Mitton

Little Mitton
Mitton Wood and the River Ribble
Little Mitton Shown within Ribble Valley Show map of the Borough of Ribble Valley Little Mitton Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	42 (2001 Census) [1]
Civil parish	Little Mitton
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
UK Parliament	Ribble Valley
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°50′36″N2°25′35″W / 53.84333°N 2.42639°W / 53.84333; -2.42639

Little Mitton is a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district, in the county of Lancashire, England. In 2001 the civil parish had a population of 42, ^[1] but by the time of the census 2011 population details had been absorbed in the civil parish of Great Mitton.

Little Mitton has a grade II* listed house called Mitton Hall also named Mytton Hall, ^{[2] [3]} previously known as Little Mitton Hall, ^[4] former home of John Hick 1874–1894.

Governance

Mitton Hall Country House Hotel, 2005

On 1 April 1935 the civil parish of Little Mitton was created following the abolition the civil parish of Little Mitton, Henthorn and Coldcoats. The detached area of Coldcoats was transferred to Pendleton. ^[5] That civil parish had been created from the township (in the ancient parish of Whalley) with the same name in 1866. ^[6]

See also

• Lancashire portal

• Listed buildings in Little Mitton

References

1. "Parish headcount" (PDF). Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
2. Holt, Victoria (4 March 2008). "Little Mitton Hall". Holt Ancestry. Victoria Holt. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
3. "Mitton Hall - Little Mitton - Lancashire - England - British Listed Buildings". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Good Stuff.
4. "Little Mitton Hall". catterall.net.
5. "History of LITTLE MITTON". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
6. "Relationships and changes Little Mitton Henthorn and Coldcoats CP/Tn". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

External links

• genuki.org.uk
• britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
• The Mitton Hall Table, Oak Six-Leg Refectory Table, c.1640.
• Watercolour of the great hall of Little Mytton Hall, by J M W Turner, c.1799, ^[1] associated with Thomas Dunham Whitaker. ^[2]
• Mytton Hall, drypoint etching by Francis Seymour Haden, 1859. Haden often stayed at the Hall to pursue his passion of salmon fishing on the River Ribble.

1. "Towneley Hall Art Gallery (Burnley, UK)". Tate. Tate Digital. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
2. Marshall, Tyrone (25 January 2012). "East Lancashire Turner paintings on display at Towneley Hall in Burnley". Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 23 January 2026.