Rishton (disambiguation)

Last updated February 18, 2019

Rishton may refer to:

Places

Rishton, a town in Lancashire, England
Rishton, Uzbekistan, a town in the Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan

Rishton is a small town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Clayton-le-Moors and 4 miles (6 km) north east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625.

Rishton is a town in Fergana Region, in Uzbekistan, located about halfway between Kokand and Fergana. It is located at latitude 40°21'24N longitude 71°17'5E, and at an altitude of 471 meters.

People

Edward Rishton
John Rishton, CEO of the Dutch company Ahold
Tim Rishton, musician

Edward Rishton was an English Roman Catholic priest.

John Frederick Rishton is a British business executive who served as the CEO of Rolls-Royce from March 2011 to July 2015. During this time he made a number of highly questionable decisions which led to the company issuing several profit warnings. The situation was so bad that the company has subsequently announced two rounds of redundancies. The last being 4600 announced in 2018.

Tim Rishton is a classical concert musician, author and broadcaster, known as an advocate for the natural musical qualities of pre-1800 keyboard music.

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Rishton is a small town in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. It contains ten listed buildings, which are designated by Historic England and recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. There are no listed buildings inside the town itself, which is surrounded by a rural area, and most of the listed buildings are, or originated as, farmhouses. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through the area, and three bridges crossing it are listed.

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