Bashall Eaves is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

in the

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district of

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, England, about four miles (6 km) west of Clitheroe. The placename element ''eaves'' is Old English and refers to Bashall's location on the borders of the

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. Historically, the village is part of the

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, but was transferred to Lancashire for administrative purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the

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. According to the 2001 census, the parish of Bashall Eaves had a population of 162, increasing to 192 at the 2011 Census. It covers an area of almost 4000 acres. The village is home to the Red Pump Inn, a post office, a telephone box and a selection of farms. One mile to the east of the village is Bashall Town farm, now home to "Bashall Barn"- a farm shop/restaurant and also "Bowland Brewery" opened in 2003 by Richard Baker. The brewery was moved to Holmes Mill in Clitheroe in 2015. Close by Bashall Town farm is Bashall Hall. Bashall Eaves is predominantly a privately owned country estate historically owned by the Worsley-Taylor family. The Estate is managed by Mr Christopher Orme of Strutt & Parker.

History

Historically, Bashall or "Beckshalgh" which means the hill by the brooks, formed part of the ancient

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which comprised a

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and a

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of ten manors spanning eight townships and four parishes and covered an area of almost on the historic borders of

and

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. The manors within the Liberty were Slaidburn ( Newton-in-Bowland, West Bradford, Grindleton), Knowlmere, Waddington, Easington, Bashall, Mitton, Withgill (Crook), Leagram, Hammerton and Dunnow (Battersby). The manor of Bashall was granted by Edmund de Lacy, 6th Lord of Bowland, to Thomas Talbot in 1253. It remained in the Talbot family until the early seventeenth century. The ''Talbot Arms'' at Chipping commemorates the family's close association with the town. The Taylor family were lords of the manor from 1806. There is still a fine Georgian manor house close to Bashall Eaves. In 1934, there was a murder in the village; when detectives investigated the

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of Jim Dawson, they were met with a "wall of silence" from local residents, and the crime is still unsolved.

Governance

The civil parish was created from the ancient township of Bashall Eaves in 1866. It currently shares a parish council with the neighbouring civil parishes of

Great Mitton Great Mitton is a village and a civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is separated from the civil parish of Little Mitton by the River Ribble, both lie about three miles from the town of Clitheroe. The combined population o ...

and

Little Mitton Little Mitton is a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district, in the county of Lancashire, England. In 2001 the population of the civil parish of Little Mitton was 42, but by the time of the census 2011 population details had been absorbed in th ...

Notable residents

Amanda Parker Amanda Jane Parker (née Backhouse) is a British businesswoman, philanthropist, and volunteer. She was appointed as a magistrate in East Lancashire in 2005, sitting in both Adult Crime and Family jurisdictions. In 2015, she was appointed by Eliza ...

, High Sheriff of Lancashire

Media gallery

Image:Bashall Hall - geograph.org.uk - 72307.jpg, Bashall Hall Image:Countryside between Page Fold and Clough Bottom - geograph.org.uk - 1671852.jpg, View across the Parish Image:Bashall Barn - geograph.org.uk - 413109.jpg, Bashall Barn Image:Talbot Bridge Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 165414.jpg, Talbot Bridge Cottage Image:The Red Pump Inn - geograph.org.uk - 369016.jpg, The Red Pump Inn

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