Lumb, Rawtenstall Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Lumb
Coordinates:53.72°N -2.247°W
Static Image Name:St Michael on the Hill - geograph.org.uk - 682375.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Michael on the Hill Church
Shire District:Rossendale
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Rossendale and Darwen
Post Town:ROSSENDALE
Postcode Area:BB
Postcode District:BB4
Dial Code:01706
Os Grid Reference:SD837248
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Borough of Rossendale
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Rossendale

Lumb is a small village in the Rossendale district of Lancashire, England. It lies in the valley of the Whitewell Brook, 3miles north east of Rawtenstall. It should not be confused with the hamlet of Lumb near Edenfield, also in the Rossendale district.

Lumb was historically in the large ancient parish of Whalley. In 1846 it was constituted a chapelry within the parish of Whalley, which also included the village of Water.[1] In 1866 it became part of the civil parish of Newchurch,[2] and in 1894 was transferred to the municipal borough and civil parish of Rawtenstall.[3]

St Michael's parish church was founded in 1846.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21528 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72), quoted on Vision of Britain website
  2. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10373918/boundary Vision of Britain: Newchurch CP boundary map
  3. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10376956/relationships Vision of Britain: Rawtenstall
  4. Web site: Genuki. St Michael's, Lumb. 24 September 2014.