Photographs of Slaidburn, a picturesque village in the Forest of Bowland National Landscape of Lancashire.
The War Memorial, Slaidburn in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
A sandstone ashlar pillar bearing a cast bronze statue of a WW1 soldier with rifle. Plaques on the pillar record the dead of Slaidburn, Dunsop and Newton.
The 15th century St Andrew's Church at Slaidburn in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
The 15th century St Andrew's Church and the late 18th century sundial at Slaidburn in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
A 16th century cross shaft in the churchyard of St. Andrew's Church at Slaidburn in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
The fine 1860s East Window with five cusped lights and tracery in St Andrew's Church, Slaidburn in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
Brennand's Endowed School at Slaidburn in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
An early 18th century grammar school endowed by the late John Brennand of Panehill. Now the village primary school.
Tercet 5, The Lancashire Witches Walk, Slaidburn in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
The 51 mile walk, created to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Lancashire Witches trial and hangings in 1612, runs between Barrowford and Lancaster Castle. Ten cast iron waymarkers created by Stephen Raw have been positioned along the route with each waymarker commemorating one of the "witches".
This waymark at Slaidburn is dedicated to Alice Nutter.
Each waymark is inscribed with one tercet of 'The Lancashire Witches' poem by Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
TERCET 5:
"At daylight’s gate, the things we fear
darken and form. That tree, that rock,
a slattern’s shape with the devil’s dog."
Hark to Bounty, an early 17th century inn at Slaidburn in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
From 1590 to the mid 1930s, the Halmote Court was held in an upstairs room at the Hark to Bounty. The large courtroom that dealt with land transactions and minor criminal offences is still preserved today.
St John’s Ambulance Box at Slaidburn in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
Once a store for first aid equipment believed to have been used for rescuing injured fell walkers and wounded airmen.
Central Stores and Post Office, Slaidburn in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
An Ordnance Survey benchmark stone stands at the corner of the building.
The former Wesleyan Chapel (built in 1821) at Slaidburn, in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
Old Bridge c1800 carrying the ancient route known as the Skaithe over Croasdale Brook in Slaidburn, Ribble Valley, Lancashire.
The late 18th century, two arched Slaidburn Bridge crossing the River Hodder at Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
A walker crosses a stile into a hay meadow near Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
A view of the River Hodder from Lock Bridge near Catlow, Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Walkers approach the ruined Hollins House beside Stocks Reservoir in the Forest of Bowland, Slaidburn, Lancashire.
Stocks Reservoir was opened in 1932 and supplies water to the Fylde. The vast expanse of Gisburn Forest lies on the other side of the reservoir.
A view of Stocks Reservoir from The Causeway, near Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Stocks Reservoir was opened in 1932 and supplies water to the Fylde.
Church of St. James, Dalehead, near Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
The original church of 1852 stood on a lower level and was demolished due to the construction of Stocks Reservoir. It was rebuilt as a "Mortuary Chapel" and re-opened in 1938. In 1927 over 150 bodies were exhumed from the old graveyard to be reburied in the new higher one, and the Water Board offered familes £15 to move their own relatives! The new graveyard has become popular with botanists because of the wild flowers that thrive there.
Church of St. James, Dalehead, near Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
The original church of 1852 stood on a lower level and was demolished due to the construction of Stocks Reservoir. It was rebuilt as a "Mortuary Chapel" and re-opened in 1938. In 1927 over 150 bodies were exhumed from the old graveyard to be reburied in the new higher one.
The graveyard is now a Biological Heritage Site (BHS) because of its rich variety of flora.
River Hodder near Cross of Greet Bridge in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
River Hodder near Cross of Greet Bridge and Catlow Fell in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Cross of Greet Bridge carrying the minor fell road from Slaidburn to Bentham over the River Hodder in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Catlow Fell can be seen in the distance..
The remains of the T. Smith & Sons steam crane at Jumbles Quarry on Lamb Hill Fell near Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. The quarried millstone grit was used in the building of the nearby Stocks Reservoir.
A short length of standard gauge rail line leads into Jumbles Quarry on Lamb Hill Fell near Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
The gritstone was used in the building of nearby Stocks Reservoir.
The boiler of the steam crane used to load the rock onto the wagons can just be seen in the distance.