Ribchester Travel Guide

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near the childrens play area are some stone carvings which are intresting in the style of trajans coloum in roman but depicting the village life of ribchester form its roman beginings to the saxon period

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take a stroll around the village ,the cottages are 18th cent built around 1700 to 1770 most small cottages are made out of local stone, some are 3 storys but small in comparison todays moden houses .the village people of old would of used hand looms in the cottages or worked the land for their living in the 18th cent. the locals today really look after their houses sadly the curse of the moden car can ruin the old village secene

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you can fish the ribble at ribchester on a day ticket available form the white bull pub
roach,chub ,barbel,salmon and sea trout can all be caught here

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the romans left ribchester in the 4th cent the villagers carrying on there normal lives
the present chruch that stands here replaces one that was brunt down by robert the bruce
scottish king on his raids into england
the present church dates from around 1193 and is Norman the interior is very pleasant and open at all times (please leave a small donation )
the grave yard is very intresting being very old showing the hard lives that the people lived ,dieing at a young age with many children in the familes dieing from childhood diseases that are eridecated today

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in ribchester there is a small museum full of roman artifacts and findings that have been found in ribchester.
pride of place is a full facebronze cavalry parade mask(replica) that was found in a local garden by a child John Walton in 1796 and became known as the ribchester horde which can be seen to in the british museum in london.
the museum also displays military artifacts as well as domastic findings
a interactive area is available for children ,roman armour and helmets,chainmail for children to wear .