Little Mitton

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Little Mitton
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Mitton Wood and the River Ribble
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Little Mitton
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Little Mitton
Location within Lancashire
Population42 (2001 Census) [1]
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  • Little Mitton
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CLITHEROE
Postcode district BB7
Dialling code 01254
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53°50′36″N2°25′35″W / 53.84333°N 2.42639°W / 53.84333; -2.42639 Coordinates: 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 population of the civil parish of Little Mitton was 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. [2] There is also Little Mitton Hall in Little Mitton. [3]

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Mitton Hall (now a hotel)

In 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. [4] That civil parish had been created from the township (in the ancient parish of Whalley) with the same name in 1866. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Parish headcount" (PDF). Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  2. Good Stuff. "Mitton Hall - Little Mitton - Lancashire - England - British Listed Buildings". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
  3. "Little Mitton Hall". catterall.net.
  4. "History of LITTLE MITTON". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. "History of LITTLE MITTON HENTHORN AND COLDCOATS". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2013.