30-532: The River Yarrow may refer to: River Yarrow (Lancashire) , a river in the north west of England Yarrow River , a river of the state of New South Wales in Australia Yarrow Water , a river in the Borders in the south east of Scotland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
60-494: A form of Brittonic arɣant , meaning "silver, white, bright". After suffering many years of pollution due to effluent discharge from Whitter's factory and Stanley's factory, the river is now much cleaner, and as such has attracted birds such as dippers , grey wagtails and kingfishers , and fish including trout , chub , Dace and barbel . Fish passes have been installed at Pincock, Birkacre and Duxbury, to enable upstream spawning of fish which would be unable to navigate
90-423: A third tier of local government. The county council has been under Conservative majority control since 2017. Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 1974 have been: Following the 2021 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to April 2024, the composition of the council was as follows: The next election
120-585: Is due in 2025. Since the last boundary changes in 2017 the council has comprised 84 councillors representing 82 electoral divisions . Most divisions elect one councillor, but two divisions elect two councillors each. Elections are held every four years. There are sixteen parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire. The Conservative Party holds 11, the Labour Party holds four, and the Speaker of
150-750: Is in Lancashire , with its source at an area called Will Narr at Hordern Stoops , along Spitlers Edge - the Chorley / Blackburn boundary - on the West Pennine Moors . The river feeds the Yarrow Reservoir , which in turn feeds the Anglezarke and Upper and Lower Rivington Reservoirs . Upon leaving the reservoirs via a pumping station , the river passes through an area that was formerly known as Abyssinia . Currently, this area
180-473: Is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire , England. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire is smaller than the ceremonial county , which additionally includes Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool . The council is based in County Hall, Preston , and consists of 84 councillors. Since the 2017 election , the council has been under Conservative control. Before
210-511: Is within the boundaries of Heath Charnock and Limbrick, but the original name was given because it was a route frequented by coal miners , and the workers were said to look like natives of Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia ): until the mid 20th century it was usual for miners to return from work covered in coal dust. From here, the river flows underneath the Leeds and Liverpool Canal , joining Black Brook at Yarrow Bridge , then continuing through
240-425: The 2009 Lancashire County Council election , the county had been under Labour control since 1989. The leader of the council is Conservative councillor Phillippa Williamson, appointed in 2021, chairing a cabinet of eight. The Chief Executive and Director of Resources is Angie Ridgwell, who was appointed in 2018. The council is the successor to the county council of the administrative county of Lancashire, which
270-518: The Local Government Act 1888 , taking over many administrative functions that had previously been performed by unelected magistrates at the quarter sessions . The areas covered by the new county councils were termed administrative counties . Several larger towns and cities were considered capable of providing their own county-level services and so they were excluded from the administrative county, becoming instead county boroughs . When
300-621: The Meeting of the Waters . Black Brook — flows from Great Hill through White Coppice (where it is known as Warth Brook ), and lesserly from Eagle Tower at Heapey . The brook joins the river at the Yarrow Bridge prior to entering Duxbury Woods . The brook has today more flow than the Yarrow, due to the large amount of water removed from the Yarrow for consumption. In fact,
330-662: The River Arrow in Warwickshire (Brittonic *ar-w-ā- ), and derived either from Brittonic *ar , an ancient river-name element implying either horizontal motion, "flowing", or else "rising" or "springing up", or *arβ, *arw , found in the Celtic languages as Welsh irfin and Breton irvin , both meaning "a wild turnip". A relationship with the River Arrow in the Welsh marches is also possible, deriving therefore from
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#1732787340274360-551: The weirs . Salmon have been recorded at Duxbury for the first time in over 100 years. Removal of Himalayan Balsam , Japanese Knotweed and Rhododendron plants is undertaken to allow low-growing native species to flourish. Locations that are listed on Ordnance Survey maps are italicised : Green Withins Brook — near to the ruins of Simm's Farm . It starts at Standing Stones Hill . Limestone Brook — has its source near to Devils Ditch , and flows via Shooting Huts on Anglezarke Moor where it joins at
390-532: The Douglas. The Environment Agency measure the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of invertebrates , angiosperms and fish, and chemical status, which compares
420-590: The House of Commons , Lindsay Hoyle , represents Chorley . The council is based at County Hall on Fishergate in Preston . The original part of the building was a courthouse completed in 1882, which also served as the meeting place for the quarter sessions which preceded the county council. The building became the meeting place for the county council on its creation in 1889 and was significantly extended in 1903 and 1934 to provide additional office space. In July 2020,
450-646: The Yarrow flooded when Anglezarke Reservoir was drained in 2002, waterlogging the fields at Nick Hilton's Bridge. Eller Brook — partial offtake , between Duxbury Woods and Drybones (off Burgh Lane) from Adlington Clancutt Brook — flows away from the sea, and feeds in at Birkacre near Coppull . River Chor — at the Common Bank area of Chorley , near to Euxton . German Brook — shortly after. Culbeck Brook — at Euxton. Syd Brook — at Croston . River Lostock — at Bretherton near its confluence with
480-625: The ancient woodland of Duxbury into Yarrow Valley Park forming a boundary of Euxton and on through Eccleston and Croston , where it feeds the River Douglas at Sollom just before its inlet into the River Ribble 's brackish final stretch. The entire course of the River Yarrow falls within Chorley and its villages. Parts of the river are a County Biological Heritage Site. The Croston Flood Risk Management Scheme involved
510-409: The concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations. Chemical status is rated good or fail. The water quality of the River Yarrow system was as follows in 2016. Reasons for the quality being less than good include sewage discharge, physical modification of the channel and poor nutrient management of agricultural land. Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council
540-571: The construction of a dam on the River just east of Eccleston . The dam was constructed to protect over 300 properties in Croston and Eccleston from flooding. The dam was proposed after the 2012 floods which flooded over 200 properties in Croston. Construction had already commenced when the 2015 boxing day floods caused over 300 properties in Croston and Eccleston to flood. This consequently meant that
570-604: The construction suffered a major delay due to unworkable ground conditions as a result of the floods. The dam was finally completed in July 2017 at a cost of £7 million, £5.4 million in Government Grant in Aid funding, £1 million from Chorley Council, £181,000 from Lancashire County Council and £667,000 was received from local levy. The dam works by monitoring the river level in croston and either lowers or raises gates to control
600-412: The county council announced that it wanted to replace itself and the 14 other councils that currently make up Lancashire's complex local government map with three standalone authorities. In September 2020 the county council submitted an outline plan to the government that outlines the proposed new unitary authorities and the areas they would cover. The new authorities would be, Central Lancashire (based on
630-400: The county council was established in 1889 there were 15 county boroughs in the wider geographic county of Lancashire: Three more towns were later elevated to become county boroughs: Warrington in 1900, Blackpool in 1904, and Southport in 1905. The 1888 Act also placed each urban sanitary district which straddled county boundaries in one administrative county, and so Lancashire gained
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#1732787340274660-723: The flow of water. A Large bank was constructed to hold excess water back. The scheme has so far proved successful at protecting Croston and Eccleston from flooding. The name Yarrow is obscure, and there are multiple explanations as to the origin of the name. It may have the same origin as the River Yarrow in Selkirkshire in Scotland, and therefore be derived from the Brittonic element garw , meaning "rough, harsh, rugged, uncultivated". However, it may also be related to
690-434: The footprints of Preston, Chorley, South Ribble and West Lancashire councils), North West Lancashire (Blackpool, Fylde, Wyre, Lancaster and Ribble Valley) and East Pennine Lancashire (Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Pendle). These authorities would be governed by an elected mayor, with a combined authority. The major shake up to Lancashire's council structure is in a bid to gain more funding and power for
720-558: The former amount). Another disadvantage was that government of libraries was by a libraries sub-committee of the education committee of the council (the librarian having to report to the education officer who might not have been sympathetic to libraries). The central administration of the county library is at Preston where there are special services, special collections and staff to maintain a union catalogue. "Biological heritage sites" are, according to Lancashire County Council, "'local wildlife sites' in Lancashire...(that) are identified using
750-492: The meeting place for the quarter sessions which preceded the county council. John Tomlinson Hibbert , a Liberal who had previously been the Member of Parliament for Oldham , was appointed the first chairman of the council. Lancashire was reconstituted under the Local Government Act 1972 with some significant changes to its territory, notably ceding significant areas in the south to Greater Manchester and Merseyside and in
780-429: The north to Cumbria , whilst gaining more modest areas from Yorkshire to the east. In 1998 Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool were both made unitary authorities , making them independent from the county council. Lancashire County Council provides county-level services. District-level services are provided by the area's twelve district councils. Much of the county is also covered by civil parishes , which form
810-550: The parts of Ashton under Lyne , Stalybridge , and Warrington which had been in Cheshire, and the parts of Mossley which had been in Cheshire and Yorkshire. Lancashire ceded its part of Todmorden to the West Riding of Yorkshire . The county council formally came into being on 1 April 1889 and held its first official meeting on 4 April 1889 at County Hall in Preston , the courthouse (completed 1882) which had served as
840-497: The people of Lancashire. Lancashire adopted the Public Libraries Act, 1919, in 1924. Library services were slow to develop as the average ratable value of the area outside the county boroughs and the other local authorities which had already adopted the act was relatively low. In 1938/39 the average expenditure on urban libraries per head was 1s. 9d., but that on county libraries was only 8 1/4d. (about two fifths of
870-485: The title River Yarrow . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River_Yarrow&oldid=714013928 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages River Yarrow (Lancashire) The River Yarrow
900-464: Was created on 1 April 1889. The council was abolished and reconstituted in 1974, when local government in England was reformed and a non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created, governed by a county council and thirteen district councils. The districts of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen became unitary authorities in 1998, meaning they are no longer governed by Lancashire County Council. Elected county councils were created in 1889 under
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