Rishworth

Contents:

• General Notes

• Beerhouses & Pubs in Rishworth

• Some sites, sights and other entries for Rishworth

General Notes

Rishworth is a district of Calderdale south of Ripponden and neighbouring on Soyland, Barkisland and Huddersfield.

There are many early spellings, including Risseworth, Risewrd, Riseworth, and Rysseworth.

The township appears in early records as Rishworth-cum-Norland.

The name uses the element worth and means a rushy enclosure or enclosure where rushes grow.

In 1573, it was a part of the Parish of Elland.

In 1841, Rishworth had a population of 1,710, but many people moved to nearby towns for work, and in 1901, the population was down to 915.

As a surname, the word takes the form Rushworth and Rishworth

Some sites, sights and other entries for Rishworth

The Firth family of Rishworth The Holroyd family of Rishworth & Ripponden The Whiteley family of Rishworth The Wormald family of Rishworth Barkisland, Soyland & Rishworth Prosecution Society Binns's Mill, Rishworth Blackwood Common, Rishworth Bogden Mill, Rishworth Bogden Woods, Rishworth Booth Bridge Mill, Rishworth Booth Bridge, Rishworth Booth Dean Beck, Rishworth Booth Dean Bridge, Rishworth Booth Dean Clough, Barkisland Booth Dean Spring, Rishworth Booth Wood Mill, Rishworth Booth Wood, Rishworth Booth, Rishworth Brown Cow House, Rishworth Brown Cow, Rishworth Butts Green, Rishworth Carver Clough, Rishworth Cat Moss, Rishworth Cat Stones, Rishworth Coach & Horses, Rishworth Cockroft Farm, Rishworth Croft House, Rishworth Cross Pipes, Rishworth Cunning Corner, Rishworth Darby, Rishworth Derby Bar, Rishworth Derby Bar, Rishworth Derby Delph, Rishworth Dog Hill, Rishworth Moor Dyson Lane Co-Op, Rishworth Dyson Lane Mill, Rishworth Episcopal Chapel, Rishworth Exit 22, Rishworth Godly Great Wolden Edge, Rishworth Grove House, Rishworth Heathfield House, Rishworth Heathfield Junior School, Rishworth High Moss, Rishworth Higher Wormald, Rishworth Holme House Bridge, Barkisland Home House Farm, Rishworth Hoprick Hall / Farm, Rishworth Hutch Royd, Rishworth Joiner Stones, Rishworth Moor King's Arms, Rishworth Lench House, Rishworth Little London, Rishworth Little Wolden Edge, Rishworth Lodge Clough, Rishworth Lodge Hill, Rishworth Lord Savile's Shooting Box, Rishworth Lower Cockcroft Farm, Rishworth Lower Cockcroft Hall, Rishworth Lower Dyson Lane Mill, Rishworth Lower Goat House, Rishworth Lower Godley Co-Op, Rishworth Lower Okes Farm, Rishworth Lower Wormald, Rishworth Malt House, Rishworth Malthouse, Rishworth Mellor's School, Rishworth Middle Goat House, Rishworth Middle Scars, Rishworth Middle Stones, Rishworth The Minster, Rishworth Mires, Rishworth Moss Moor, Rishworth Mount Pleasant Farm, Rishworth Nelson Academy for Girls, Rishworth New Laithe, Rishworth New Zealand, Rishworth

Oddfellows' Arms, Rishworth Okes Farm, Rishworth Old Bore, Rishworth Oxygrains Bridge, Rishworth Oxygrains Clough, Rishworth Peter Gate, Rishworth Pike End Farm, Rishworth Pike End, Rishworth Pike Law, Rishworth Pike Porridge Hall, Rishworth The Proctor family of Rishworth & Soyland Ram Inn, Rishworth Redmires Clough, Rishworth Rishworth & Ryburn Valley Brass Band Rishworth Board of Guardians Rishworth Board of Health Rishworth Branch Line Rishworth constables Rishworth Cricket Club Rishworth Drain The Rishworth family Rishworth Football Club Rishworth Hall Rishworth Hall Wood Rishworth Independent Chapel Rishworth Independent Graveyard Rishworth Lodge Rishworth Mills Rishworth Moor Rishworth National School Rishworth New Mill Rishworth Overseers of the Poor Rishworth Palace Rishworth Particular Baptist Chapel Rishworth Particular Baptist Manse Rishworth Particular Baptist Mutual Improvement Society Rishworth Particular Baptist Sunday School Rishworth pigs Rishworth Prosecution Society Rishworth Railway Station Rishworth School Rishworth School Baths Rishworth School Chapel Rishworth Subscription Band Rishworth Surveyor of the Highways Rishworth Toll House Rishworth Trestle Bridge Rishworth Urban District Council Rishworth War Memorial Manor of Rishworth Manor of Rishworth-cum-Norland Rocking Stone, Rishworth Royal Hotel, Rishworth Saint John's Church of England (VA) Primary School, Rishworth Saint John the Divine, Rishworth Saint Matthew's Church, Rishworth Slitheroe Bridge, Rishworth Slitheroe House, Rishworth Slitheroe Paper Mills, Rishworth Snow Hill, Rishworth Spa Clough Reservoir, Rishworth Spa House Inn, Rishworth Spread Eagle, Rishworth Spring Mill, Rishworth Stones Bank Farm, Rishworth Stones House, Rishworth Temple Mill, Rishworth Thief Clough, Rishworth Turnpike, Rishworth Upper Booth Reservoir, Rishworth Upper Booth, Rishworth Upper Cockroft Farm, Rishworth Upper Cockroft Hall, Rishworth Upper Goat House, Rishworth Upper Schole Carr Farm, Rishworth Way Stone Edge, Rishworth White Hill, Rishworth White Horse, Rishworth Wormald, Rishworth

Beerhouses & Pubs in Rishworth

Several beerhouses and public houses have been recorded in and around Rishworth, including

Booth Wood, Rishworth Brown Cow, Rishworth Butts Green, Rishworth Coach & Horses, Rishworth Cross Pipes, Rishworth Cunning Corner, Rishworth Darby, Rishworth Derby Bar, Rishworth Exit 22, Rishworth Honest Lawyer, Ripponden King's Arms, Rishworth

Malt House, Rishworth Malthouse, Rishworth Oddfellows' Arms, Rishworth Old Bore, Rishworth Royal Hotel, Rishworth Shoulder of Mutton, Southowram Spa House Inn, Rishworth Spread Eagle, Rishworth Turnpike, Rishworth White Horse, Rishworth

See Population, Parish statistics and Slitheroe Bridge, Rishworth

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