Valuable Salmon Fisheries in the Ribble
at Cuerdale and Walton-le-dale
VALUABLE
SALMON FISHERIES IN THE RIBBLE.
TO BE LET BY TICKET, FOR A TERM OF YEARS,
At the Castle Inn, Preston, on Tuesday the 6th day
of November next, at four o’clock in the afternoon, HE several valuable FISHERIES in the River RIBBLE, belonging to Sir H. P. Hoghton, Bart. Wm. Assheton, Esq., the Corporation of Preston, Wm. Farington, Esq., and Law. Rawstorne, Esq., and extending about 9 miles in length, through the several townships of Cuerdale, Walton-le-Dale, Fishwick, Preston, Penwortham, Ashton, Lea, Howick, and Hutton.
The Fisheries will either be let in one or more lots, as may be agreed upon at the time of letting; and any information may be had on application to Mr. C. BIRKETT, Walton Hall; Mr. I. MORRELL, Shawe Hall; Mr. HALLIDAY, Penwortham Hall; Mr. P. PARK, Surveyor, Preston; or Messrs. CROSS and FORREST, Solicitors, Preston. Preston, October 12th, 1832.
Advertisements & Notices
Date: Saturday, Oct. 13, 1832
Publication: Preston Chronicle
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Salmon Fishing in the River Ribble
The fish stakes in the river hark back to the time when an unpolluted Ribble supplied enormous quantities of salmon. The mill stream, now gone, used to flow behind the White Bull and was crossed by a bridge at the bottom of Church Brow, called Burscough Bridge. The new warehouse could have been owned by the father of the temperance campaigner Joseph Livesey, who had a warehouse in the area at this time.
The map details comes from a series of map (or ‘Plans’) of the River Ribble that were drawn by a Robert Porter of Goosnargh in 1756.
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