Rishton
Sign in to saveRishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about west of Clayton-le-Moors and north east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Rishton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Rishton -the main road - geograph.org.uk - 35564.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Rishton High Street
- UK place.population
- 6,625
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- Hyndburn
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.post_town
- BLACKBURN
- UK place.postcode_district
- BB1
- UK place.postcode_area
- BB
- UK place.dial_code
- 01254
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD725305
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hyndburn
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of Hyndburn
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Shown within Hyndburn
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 6625
- Image
- Rishton -the main road - geograph.org.uk - 35564.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01254
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- Rishton
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- SD725305
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- BB1
- P8168
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- P12749
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Rishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about west of Clayton-le-Moors and north east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625.
==History== Its name means “village (or farmstead) where rushes grow”.
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