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Roeburndale

Roeburndale
Roeburndale Methodist Chapel
Roeburndale is located in the City of Lancaster district
Roeburndale
Roeburndale
Location in the City of Lancaster district
Roeburndale is located in the Forest of Bowland
Roeburndale
Roeburndale
Location in the Forest of Bowland
Roeburndale is located in Lancashire
Roeburndale
Roeburndale
Location within Lancashire
Population76 (2001)
OS grid referenceSD6063
Civil parish
  • Roeburndale
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLANCASTER
Postcode districtLA2
Dialling code015242
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
54°03′58″N 2°36′40″W / 54.066°N 2.6111°W / 54.066; -2.6111

Roeburndale is a civil parish in the City of Lancaster and the English county of Lancashire. In 2001 it had a population of 76.[1] In the 2011 census Roeburndale was grouped with Claughton. The parish includes the village of Salter. The River Roeburn flows through the parish.

History

On Tuesday 3 July 1979 a BAC Jet Provost crashed at Salter Fell. The pilot Flt Lt Thomas Durk Bayliff was killed.[2] He had studied Aeronautical Engineering at Queen's University Belfast in 1977.[3][4]

In January 2022, one person was killed and others were injured when a bridge collapsed into the River Roeburn in Roeburndale.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Parish headcount" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  2. ^ Liverpool Echo Tuesday 3 July 1979, page 1
  3. ^ Belfast News Letter Wednesday 6 July 1977, page 3
  4. ^ 1979 air crash
  5. ^ "Man dead, several injured following bridge collapse". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Four rescued from Roeburndale river after bridge crash". BBC News. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.


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