| Description | Rivington is a small village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. Today it is part of the Bolton postal district. Rivington has been recorded in many ways in earlier centuries, Rowinton, Rawinton, and Revington were used in 1202; Ruhwinton in 1212, Riuiton in 1226, Rowynton and Rouynton in 1278, Roynton in 1332, Rouyngton in 1400, Revyngton. In 1212 Alexander de Pilkington held six oxgangs of land in thanage, the majority of land in the Manor of Rivington. Construction of reservoirs for Liverpool Corporation in the mid-19th century led to a decrease in the population when farms were cleared. |
