Ribchester Travel Guide

 stemc Says:  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 

 stemc Says:  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... 

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

 stemc Says:  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 englandthe present church dates from around 1193 and is Norman the... 

 stemc Says:  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...