Chorley - Rivington Hall Lancashire c.1980 postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Rivington Hall, Chorley, Lancashire - reprinted from About Rivington.
• Publisher:  Nelson Brothers, Chorley
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s):  n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes & Key words:  Has a little bit of cellotape damage on back

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Rivington is a small village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 144.

The village lies below Rivington Pike and further east is Winter Hill, and was a location for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The village extended a little further to the west until 1847 when Liverpool Corporation began the construction of the Rivington Reservoirs. The two reservoirs were completed in 1857, five years later than Anglezarke Reservoir to the north, formerly a small Chorley Reservoir. The form of the name of the village has varied in earlier times: mostly as Rovington, DDX94/100 & DL 30/79/1032 ^[1],^{[2] [3]} through to the land deeds for the School until 1827. The first land deed noted for the school being Acknowledgment: George Pilkington of Rovington, Esq., re lease of schoolhouse and feoffment DDX94/194 18 Jul. 1587. A variation of the name Rovington between 1371 and 1521 was Rovyngton^[4] For a short time 'Roynton' was made the name of the area through a connection to a family of that name connected to the Levers of Bolton, hence the name of the 'Bungalow' is one such form and 'Riventon' is another, although rare. The etymology is said to be from a combination of 'Roving' (a name for Rivington Pike) with '-ton' (a homestead or village) and is first recorded in the 13th century when the Pilkington family owned six bovates of land by that name.

Lever Park, as we know it today was named after the peer of the realm, Lord Leverhulme. Lever Park came into existence in 1904 located between the village of Rivington and Horwich. The village of Rivington had adopted the same name as the area around it. The tiny village comprises two large houses, one chapel, a church, a school, a ruined barn and a row of cottages.^[5] The village is not part of Lever Park.

Rivington Village and what remains now of the ancient buildings were partially saved by the intervention of W.H. Lever.

The entrance to Lever Park from Horwich has two pillars inscribed with the words: William Hesketh Lever 1st viscount Leverhulme. Lever park the gift of William Hesketh Lever 1st viscount Leverhulme born at 6 Wood street, Bolton September 19th, 1851 died at Hampstead, London. May 7th, 1925. For the benefit of the citizens of his native town and neighbourhood by act of parliament in 1902 the ownership and care of the park were vested in the corporation of the city of Liverpool.

 the countryside around the village may be seen many sculptures and buildings built by Lord Leverhulme who converted a large area into a public park (Lever Park) from 1904 onwards. Notable buildings in the village include the parish church and school founded 1566 by Grant of Queen Elizabeth I as the Rovington, alias Rivyngton Free School of Queen Elizabeth I and by this grant created a Parish by charter in 1566 (Lancashire Record Office DDX94/100) a Unitarian chapel featuring a grand monument to the Lord's Willoughby of Parham (build 1703), two Anglo-Saxon barns, Old Rivington Hall was occupied from medieval times to 1910 by the Pilkington family and their heirs and a replica (grid reference SD6286513025) of Liverpool Castle. Rivington was used heavily in World War II as a storage and training post under The DORA Act. The larger properties were used for troops, including The Bungalow and Rivington Hall.