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In 1870-72, John Goring's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
described Rishton like this:
"RISHTON, a village and a township in Blackburn parish, Lancashire. The
village stands near the East Lancashire railway and the Leeds and Liverpool
canal, 3½ miles N E by E of Blackburn; a, a village and a township in
Blackburn parish, Lancashire. The village stands near the East Lancashire
railway and the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 3½ miles N E by E of Blackburn;
and has a station on the railway, and a post-office‡ under Blackburn. The
township contains also the hamlet of Tottleworth, and comprises 2,760 acres.
Real property, £6,044; of which £1,128 are in mines and £231 in quarries. The
Population in 1851, 800; in 1861, 1, 198. Houses, 215. The manor belongs to
H. Petre, Esq. There are a large cotton factory, a large reservoir,
collieries, and fire-brick works. "