Description
Aighton, one of three hamlets forming a township in the registration district of Clitheroe, Lancashire. It lies near the rivers Hodder and Ribble, under Longridge Fell, 3 miles from Langho railway station, and 5 WSW of Clitheroe. It contains bobbin factories, several almshouses, and the Roman Catholic college of Stonyhurst. The other hamlets of the township are Bailey and Chaigley. These three, together with Bradhurst, Hurst Green, and Stonyhurst, form a civil parish, whose acreage is 6286; and population, 1370.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
