Coordinates: 53°45′58″N 2°36′14″W / 53.766°N 2.604°W
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 Church of Saint Leonard the Less |
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  Samlesbury
Samlesbury shown within Lancashire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| District | South Ribble |
| Shire county | Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PRESTON |
| Postcode district | PR5 |
| Dialling code | 01254 |
| 01772 | |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Ribble Valley |
| List of places: UK • England • Lancashire | |
Samlesbury (pronounced /ˈsɑːmz.b(ə)ri/) is a small village and civil parish in the South Ribble borough of Lancashire, England. Samlesbury Hall, a historic house, is located in the village as well as Samlesbury Aerodrome. The village is also home to a large modern brewery belonging to InBev.
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History
The village's name is derived from the Old English sceamol, meaning ledge and burh meaning fortification, hence literally "ledge fortification".[1] It may also be that the name at least partly derives from the Roman name for the River Ribble and its eponymous Celtic deity, Belisama.[2]
Religious buildings
The Church of England parish church, like the one at nearby Walton-le-Dale, is dedicated to St. Leonard the Less and was founded in 1096. The church contains a Norman tub font, a medieval bell and Sir Thomas Southworth's funerary armour dating from 1546. It also has a church chest, a two-decker pulpit and a complete set of box pews dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Roman Catholic church is St Mary and St John Southworth. There was previously also a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
Samlesbury witches
The Samlesbury witches—Jane Southworth, Jennet Brierley, and Ellen Brierley—were accused of child murder and cannibalism and tried at Lancaster Assizes on 19 August 1612, in the same series of trials as the Pendle witches. All three were found not guilty in a trial which one historian has described as "largely a piece of anti-Catholic propaganda".[3]
Samlesbury brewery
Samlesbury brewery is a large modern brewery belonging to InBev. It was completed in 1972 to brew lager for Whitbread. It produces Boddingtons Bitter, and bottled and keg Bass Pale Ale for export.[4]
References
- Notes
- ^ Samlesbury, University of Nottingham's Institute for Name-Studies, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/kepn/detailpop.php?placeno=12737, retrieved 2009-08-18
- ^ Hutton 1993, p. 218
- ^ Hasted 1993, pp. 32–33
- ^ "Samlesbury (InBev UK - InBev)". ratebeer.com. http://ratebeer.com/brewers/samlesbury-inbev-uk---inbev/5154/. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- Bibliography
- Hasted, Rachel A. C. (1993), The Pendle Witch Trial 1612, Preston: Lancashire County Books, ISBN 978-1871236231
- Hutton, Ronald (1993), The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-0-631-18946-6
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