Longridge

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Longridge is a small town in Lancashire, England, known for its historic stone quarrying industry and scenic location on the edge of the Ribble Valley.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Longridge canonical 6
Foulridge 1
Longridge civil parish 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
town
administrativeCentreOf Longridge civil parish
linked to: Longridge
category Civil parishes in Lancashire
Ribble Valley
Towns in Lancashire
ceremonialCounty Lancashire
country England
dialCode 01772
governedBy Ribble Valley Borough Council
linked to: Ribble Valley
hasFeature former stone quarries
views over the Ribble Valley
hasIndustry cotton weaving (historically)
stone quarrying
textiles (historically)
hasLandmark Longridge Fell (nearby)
linked to: Longridge Fell
hasPostcodeDistrict PR3
hasPostTown PRESTON
linked to: Preston
hasPrimarySchool Longridge Church of England Primary School
hasReligiousBuilding St Paul’s Church, Longridge
St Wilfrid’s Roman Catholic Church, Longridge
hasSecondarySchool Longridge High School
St Cecilia’s RC High School
hasSportsClub Longridge Cricket Club
Longridge Town F.C.
historicCounty Lancashire
knownFor scenic location
stone quarrying industry
locatedIn Lancashire
Ribble Valley district
linked to: Ribble Valley

United Kingdom
locatedNear Preston
Ribble Valley
locatedOn edge of the Ribble Valley
railwayStatus railway line closed
region North West England
timeZone GMT
timeZoneDST BST
transportHistory formerly served by Longridge railway station

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Knutsford hasNeighbourhood Longridge
Borough of Pendle contains Foulridge
linked to: Longridge
Chipping locatedNear Longridge
Parlick locatedNear Longridge
Longridge administrativeCentreOf Longridge civil parish
linked to: Longridge
Hurst Green locatedNear Longridge
Ribble catchment containsTown Longridge