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    Walton-le-Dale is a large village in the borough of South Ribble, in Lancashire, England. It lies on the south bank of the River Ribble, opposite the city...
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  • Walton-le-Dale High School, formerly known as Walton-le-Dale Arts College and High School, is a secondary school near Preston, Lancashire, England. Walton-le-Dale...
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    activity, largely in the form of a Roman road that led to a camp at Walton-le-Dale. The Angles established Preston; its name is derived from the Old English...
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  • Walton-le-Dale is a large village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England. In the area close to it are the settlements of Higher Walton, Walton...
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    road, at this point, is now part of the A675. Nearby places include Walton-le-Dale, Coupe Green, and Bamber Bridge. The main road through the village has...
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    East, Farington West, Lostock Hall, Samlesbury and Walton, Walton-le-Dale East and Walton-le-Dale West. In the run up to the 2010 general election, the...
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    St Leonard's Church is an Anglican church in Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry...
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  • He attended Griffin Park Primary School in Blackburn, Lancashire and Walton-le-Dale High School in Preston, Lancashire. After finishing there, he went on...
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    Blackburn in Lancashire, England, eventually joining the River Ribble at Walton le Dale south of Preston on its way to the Ribble Estuary. Originating at Jack's...
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    river at Ribchester. Remains of another Roman site were discovered at Walton-le-Dale in the mid-19th century. The Cuerdale Hoard, the largest Viking silver...
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    Farington, Hutton, Longton, Walmer Bridge, Salmesbury, Lostock Hall, Walton le Dale and Bamber Bridge. Many of the built-up areas in the borough form part...
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    economic problems of the village: 1 in 5 people in Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale and the surrounding area were now reduced to pauperism. A petition against...
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    Rossendale, Hyndburn, Blackburn with Darwen, and South Ribble (east from Walton-le-dale and Lostock Hall). Much of the area is hilly, bordering on the Pennines...
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    Urban Districts of Fleetwood, Kirkham, Longridge, Poulton-le-Fylde, Thornton, and Walton-le-Dale, the Rural District of Preston, and part of the Rural District...
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  • Samuel Ryder (category People from Walton-le-Dale)
    donated a gold trophy, did not take place until 1927. Ryder was born at Walton-le-Dale near Preston, Lancashire. He was the fourth of the eight children of...
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    Walton-le-Dale East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Chris Lomax 708 63.4 +15.0 Labour Hilary Bedford 698 62.5 +17.9 Conservative Carol Chisholm 391 35...
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    served the company well and became the basis of most production at Walton-le-Dale (the new factory opened in 1948) thereafter. The production philosophy...
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  • Trawden Treales, Roseacre and Wharles Tunstall Upholland Ulnes Walton Waddington Walton-le-Dale Warton (Fylde) Warton (Lancaster) Waterfoot Weeton Wennington...
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  • Sir Thomas Langton (1496/97–1569), of Newton and Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England...
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    Company put the first machine that used this technique into operation in Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire. The production volume for printed cloth in Lancashire in...
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    election, Walton-le-Dale and Bamber Bridge were subsequently transferred into the Ribble Valley seat, along with the villages of Samlesbury, Higher Walton, Coupe...
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    Lostock's Hall in the then rural area of Cuerden Green in the township of Walton-le-Dale. A settlement expanded outwards from Lostock's Hall, taking its name...
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  • School, Waddington Walton Le Dale Community Primary School, Walton-le-Dale Walton Le Dale St Leonards CE Primary School, Walton-le-Dale Walverden Primary...
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  • have dominated in latter years, but an influx of new clubs such as Walton-le-Dale ensures that competition remains keen and standards of facilities and...
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    The Battle of Preston (17–19 August 1648), fought largely at Walton-le-Dale near Preston in Lancashire, resulted in a victory for the New Model Army under...
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  • Roger Baxter (category People from Walton-le-Dale)
    in the mid-Atlantic. He died in Philadelphia. Baxter was a native of Walton-le-Dale, near Preston, in Lancashire. He studied at Stonyhurst College. He entered...
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    Joseph Livesey (category People from Walton-le-Dale)
    proprietor and philanthropist. Livesey was born on 5 March 1794 at Walton-le-Dale near Preston, Lancashire, the son of John Livesey, a cloth manufacturer...
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    consists of two car parks at Portway (off the A59 road) and one at Walton-le-Dale, connected by bus routes to the city centre; the Portway route also...
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    visitors each year. Samlesbury parish church, like the one at nearby Walton-le-Dale, is dedicated to St. Leonard the Less and was founded in 1096. The church...
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  • Josiah Chorley (category People from Walton-le-Dale)
    Presbyterian minister. He was a great-grandson of Richard Chorley of Walton-le-Dale, near Preston, Lancashire, and second of six sons of Richard Chorley...
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