The Parish of Mitton in the County of -- Lancashire --

Little Mitton

Little Mitton is a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district, in the county of Lancashire, England. In 2001 the population of the civil parish of Little Mitton was 42, but by the time of the census 2011 population details had been absorbed in the civil parish of Great Mitton. Little Mitton has a grade II* listed house called Mitton Hall. Little Mitton Hall was built by the Catteralls in the 1480s. Since 1974 the “Little” has been dropped and it is now simply called Mitton Hall and is a hotel.

In 1935, the civil parish of Little Mitton had been created following the abolition the civil parish of Little Mitton, Henthorn and Coldcoats. The detached area of Coldcoats was transferred to Pendleton. That civil parish had been created from the township (in the ancient parish of Whalley) with the same name in 1866.