Middop is a rural

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and

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, England. It is in

Ribble Valley Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe, the largest town. The borough also includes the town of Longridge and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. ...

district. Middop is near the villages of

Rimington Rimington is a rural village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish was 382 at the 2001 Census, however at the 2011 Census Middop was included with Rimington giving a total of 480. It is e ...

and

Gisburn Gisburn (formerly Gisburne) is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley borough of Lancashire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies northeast of Clitheroe and west of Skipton. The civil parish had a pop ...

and approximately north-east of its post town,

Clitheroe Clitheroe () is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England; it is located north-west of Manchester. It is near the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for to ...

. In the

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, Middop had a population of 43. Owing to the limited population from the 2011 Census details are included in the parish of Rimington. The parish adjoins the Ribble Valley parish of Rimington the Pendle parishes of

Blacko Blacko is a village and civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. Before local government reorganisation in 1974 the village lay on the border with the West Riding of Yorkshire. The parish has a population of 672. The vil ...

and Bracewell and Brogden. Middop has four Grade II listed buildings and structures, Middop Hall, Newfield Edge Hall, a

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and a

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. Middop was once a

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in the ancient parish of

, in the

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of the West Riding of Yorkshire. This became a

in 1866, forming part of the

Bowland Rural District Bowland was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was named after the Forest of Bowland, which it included. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Clitheroe rural sanitary dis ...

from 1894 to 1974. It has since become part of the Lancashire borough of

. It shares its parish council with Rimington. Along with Rimington, Gisburn,

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Paythorne Paythorne is a small village and civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is situated alongside the River Ribble, north-east of Clitheroe, and on the boundary with North Yorkshire. Other parishes adjacent to Paythorne are Halton ...

, Newsholme and

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, the parish forms the Gisburn, Rimington ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council.

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File:Stocks House, Middop - geograph.org.uk - 156235.jpg, Stocks House. File:Beside the A682 (geograph 3251760).jpg, The A682 passes through the parish. File:Crag Clough, Middop - geograph.org.uk - 873054.jpg, Crag Clough on the northern boundary with Rimington. File:Howgill Beck - geograph.org.uk - 169748.jpg, Howgill Beck on the western boundary with Rimington. File:Pennine Bridleway Lane Side (geograph 3591839).jpg, Gisburn Old Road forms the boundary with Bracewell and Brogden and is part of the

Pennine Bridleway The Pennine Bridleway is a National Trail in Northern England. It runs roughly parallel with the Pennine Way but provides access for horse riders and cyclists as well as walkers. The trail is around long, extending from Derbyshire to Cumbri ...

. File:Middop Wood - geograph.org.uk - 169757.jpg, Middop Wood.

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Civil parishes in Lancashire Geography of Ribble Valley Hamlets in Lancashire {{Lancashire-geo-stub

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