Longridge (disambiguation)

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Longridge is a town in Lancashire, England.

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Longridge, West Lothian

Longridge is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. In 2001 the population was 650, with 92.77% of those born in Scotland and 4.31% born in England.

Longridge Head is a headland at the north side of Whistling Bay on Arrowsmith Peninsula, Antarctica, marking the south end of a small coastal ridge which extends 3 nautical miles (6 km) northward along the west coast of Graham Land. It was first sighted by members of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot who roughly charted this area in 1909. The name is descriptive and was applied by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey who surveyed the headland in 1948.

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R. B. Longridge and Company early British locomotive manufacturer

R. B. Longridge and Company was a steam locomotive works which was established in 1838 at Bedlington, Northumberland, England, by Michael Longridge (1785-1858). The firm was directed by Robert Bewick Longridge (1821-1914), who was Michael's fourth son. It was closely connected with the Bedlington Ironworks which had been bought between 1782 and 1788 by Thomas Longridge, and William Hawks. The Bedlington Ironworks had been building locomotives since about 1827, but R. B. Longridge and Company was a new and up-to-date locomotive factory.

Longridge Towers School is a non-selective co-educational independent day and boarding school near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, for children between the ages of three and eighteen. It is the only independent school near the town and the only independent school in the county which educates children from reception to sixth form.

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Hurst Green is a small village in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England, connected in its history to the Jesuit school, Stonyhurst College. The village is 5 miles (8 km) from Longridge and 4 miles (6 km) from Clitheroe, and is close to the River Ribble, near its junction with the River Hodder.

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Alston Hall

Alston Hall is a 19th century Victorian gothic style country mansion located in Longridge in Lancashire, England. It is not to be confused with the 15th century Alston Old Hall nearby.

Longridge High School

Longridge High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Longridge in the English county of Lancashire.

Longridge is a civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It contains 15 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the town of Longridge and surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses and farmhouses. The others include three churches, an inscribed stone, a tunnel portal, and a war memorial.

St Pauls Church, Longridge Church in Lancashire, England

St Paul's Church stands off Berry Lane, Longridge, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn. The church was built in 1886–1888, and the tower was added in 1936–37. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

Longridge Town F.C.

Longridge Town Football Club is a football club based in Longridge, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Division One North and play at the Mike Riding Ground.