Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ribchester within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Ribchester, small town, par., and township, NE. Lancashire, on river Ribble, 5½ miles NW. of Blackburn - par., 7685 ac., pop. 5378; township, 2211 ac., pop. 1282; P.O.; occupies the she of a Roman station, and has yielded numerous Roman relics.
A village in Amounderness hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.