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The earliest evidence of occupation in Ribchester is from the Bronze Age. A fort remained at Ribchester until the 4th century AD and its remains can still be seen around the present village. A report on Roman remains at Ribchester was published in Roman Britain in 1914 (Haverfield, 1915): "In the spring of 1913 a small school-building was pulled down at Ribchester, and the Manchester Classical Association was able to resume its examination of the Principia (praetorium) of the Roman fort, above a part of which this building had stood. Ribchester was a large fort, about 6 acres (24,000 m2), garrisoned by cavalry; The most famous artifact discovered in Ribchester, and dating from the Roman period, is the elaborate cavalry helmet found in Church Street in the 1700s and now held in the British Museum as the gift of Charles Towneley. Church Street, Ribchester, looking south towards the River Ribble. Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendom". Little is known about post Roman Ribchester although the presence of Saint Wilfrid's Church indicates that it retained some significance. When Henry VIIIs antiquary visited Ribchester in the 1540s he described it thus: 'Ribchestre ...hath been an auncient towne. That the site of the Roman fort remained the focus of the village is indicated by the later building of Saint Wilfrid's Church very nearly over the Principia or headquarters area of the Roman Camp. The church's website provides a detailed history of both Saint Wilfrid's and Saint Saviour's Church, which stands in the nearby settlement of Stydd and which is perhaps a remnant of a Knights Templar or Knights Hospitallers establishment. Initially in the homes of the weavers and latterly in two mills (Bee Mill and Corporation Mill) built on the Preston Road on the northern edge of the village. In Ribchester our chaise was pursued by swarms of [these] wooden-shod lads like swarms of flies and were only beaten off for a moment to close in upon you again, and their sisters showed equally the extravagance of rudeness in which they were suffered to grow up, by running out of the houses as we passed and poking mops and brushes at the horses heads. The uncouthness of these poor people is not that of evil disposition, but of pressing poverty and continued neglect' The weaving of cotton and other textiles continued in Ribchester until the 1980s when the last weaving business closed in Bee Mill. 0.8 0.4 1.3 2.3 93.8 0.7 In the year 2000 the Ribchester Millennium Projects Committee marked the millennium with the publication of a book entitled Ribchester: A Millennium Record. There are three public houses in the village, the White Bull, the Black Bull and the Ribchester Arms as well as a Sports and Social Club that was the working mens club associated with the mills. Ribchester is a popular destination for visitors who are drawn not only by its picturesque setting on the River Ribble with views towards Pendle Hill but also by a number of interesting and attractive buildings. Although properly in the neighbouring settlement of Stydd Saint Peter and Paul's Church is an early barn church. Nearby are alms houses and the Church of Saint Saviour. Four sculptures, created by sculptor Fiona Bowley, are set in a garden leading from Church Street into the Village's playing field. The sculptures all reflect aspects of Ribchester life and history; they comprise: a sun dial, a column (modelled on Trajan's column in Rome) showing aspects of Ribchester history, a celebration of local myths and tales ('The Pig, the Ribber and the Devil') and finally a piece celebrating Ribchester's community spirit. Adjoining the churchyard of Saint Wilfrid's Church are the excavated remains of the granaries which belonged to the Roman fort. Two miles upstream of Ribchester lies Ribchester Bridge. They are Saint Wilfrids (which incorporates Saint Saviours, Stydd) which is a Church of England Church within the Diocese of Blackburn. Saint Peter and Paul's Church in Stydd is a Catholic Church coming under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford. Ribchester Tennis Club have a pavilion and two hard tennis courts on the playing fields. There is a football pavilion which is the headquarters of the Ribchester Junior Football Club. The Ribchester Amateur Theatre Society (RATS) performs plays and pantomimes in the Parochial Church Hall. Led by local brass bands the parade makes its way to playing fields at the side of the village where marquees and stalls provide entertainment for villagers and visitors and a location for art and craft competitions. Each year the village organises a 'May Day Market' on the Spring Bank holiday when most of the village clubs, churches and charitable organisations set up and manage stalls as a means of raising funds to support their activities through the year. The majority of performances take place in Saint Wilfrids and Saint Saviours churches with additional events taking place in the pubs and around the Village. (2000) Bremetenacum: excavations at Roman Ribchester 1980, 1989-1990, Lancaster imprints, no. and Shortt, J (1890) The history of the parish of Ribchester, in the county of Lancaster, London: Bemrose & (2000) The Romans in Ribchester, Discovery and Excavation, Centre for North-West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster, ISBN 1-86220-085-8 'The Parish of Ribchester', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7 (1912), pp.