Brinscall, ENG - Postcode - PR6 8SP

Description of Brinscall

Located in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, Brinscall is a small village in England. Brinscall, which is around five miles north-east of Chorley, is nestled between Withnell and Abbey Village, two other small towns of a similar size to its own. The unincorporated community of Brinscall is located within the limits of the civil parish of Withnell. A 2001 census region covering about the same territory as the village had 1,431 residents. There were 1,388 people living in the village as of the 2011 census.

Once a sleepy farming settlement, the quaint town became a hub of the booming cotton industry in the 19th century. Numerous people who worked in the local quarry lived in Brinscall. The Brinscall Fault, named after the nearby village, is a significant geological structure that runs roughly north to south along the western side of Anglezarke moor.

The name "Brinscall" has been attributed to various sources. Rumor has it that a sheepdog named Brin frequently howled here for his recently departed master, who committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the adjacent town of Withnell, fter his childhood sweetheart, a milkmaid named Nell, died while giving birth to the baby of the son of a local landowner named Hollinshead. The master, a young farmer, became terribly depressed. The farmer's mother asked him where he was going when she heard him leaving the home late at night, and he said, "To be with Nell."

Because of the lack of supporting evidence, the commonly cited "burnt huts" cannot be the true origin name. A more plausible explanation for the name of the town or surrounding area is "Windy Ridge,". The monks of Whalley Abbey would go up Harbour Lane above the hamlet to reach their "Arbor" on Monks Hill, which is located immediately off Harbour Lane. From there, they could see the area that is now Brinscall, as well as the farmsteads on the "Windy Ridge" (Bryne Skall). The "British" name Bryn derives from the country's hilly terrain, and it was from atop Brin - Hill that I got that lovely perspective of the Ribble Valley.