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Introduction Tatham, Lancashire is in the Lower Lune Valley Ward of Lancaster City Council. With an electorate of 329 it covers an area of 3,939 hectares on the northern slopes of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is 9 miles long and 3 miles wide. Near the southern boundary
is the highest point in the parish, White Hill at 544 metres (1784ft) above
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St. James the Less St James the Less Church, a place of worship since before 1290 and the Bridge Inn form part of the northern settlement near the river Wenning at 40 metres (150ft) above sea level. |
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Mill Houses Along the Hindburn valley Millhouses, the site of an ancient water mill is the next group of dwellings. |
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Lowgill Lowgill on the Ribchester to Burrow Roman Road has 15 houses; this is the largest settlement in Tatham with the Good Shepherd Church, Lowgill Wesleyan Chapel and Tatham Fells Primary School. Here is a polished granite war memorial on a tiny village green.
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