Roeburndale

Roeburndale
Roeburndale Methodist Chapel
Roeburndale Location in the City of Lancaster district Show map of the City of Lancaster district Roeburndale Location in the Forest of Bowland Show map of the Forest of Bowland Roeburndale Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	76 (2001)
OS grid reference	SD6063
Civil parish	Roeburndale
District	Lancaster
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LANCASTER
Postcode district	LA2
Dialling code	015242
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Morecambe and Lunesdale
List of places UK England Lancashire 54°03′58″N2°36′40″W / 54.066°N 2.6111°W / 54.066; -2.6111

Roeburndale is a civil parish in the City of Lancaster and the English county of Lancashire. In 2001 it had a population of 76. ^[1] In the 2011 census Roeburndale was grouped with Claughton. The parish includes the village of Salter. The River Roeburn flows through the parish.

History

On Tuesday 3 July 1979 a BAC Jet Provost crashed at Salter Fell. The pilot Flt Lt Thomas Durk Bayliff was killed. ^[2] He had studied Aeronautical Engineering at Queen's University Belfast in 1977. ^{[3] [4]}

In January 2022, one person was killed and others were injured when a bridge collapsed into the River Roeburn in Roeburndale. ^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Listed buildings in Roeburndale

References

1. "Parish headcount" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
2. Liverpool Echo Tuesday 3 July 1979, page 1
3. Belfast News Letter Wednesday 6 July 1977, page 3
4. 1979 air crash
5. "Man dead, several injured following bridge collapse". belfasttelegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 19 January 2022.
6. "Four rescued from Roeburndale river after bridge crash". BBC News. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.