Roeburndale is a civil parish in the City of Lancaster and the English county of Lancashire. In 2001 it had a population of 76.[1] In the 2011 census Roeburndale was grouped with Claughton. The parish includes the village of Salter. The River Roeburn flows through the parish.

History

On Tuesday 3 July 1979 a BAC Jet Provost crashed at Salter Fell. The pilot Flt Lt Thomas Durk Bayliff was killed.[2] He had studied Aeronautical Engineering at Queen's University Belfast in 1977.[3][4]

In January 2022, one person was killed and others were injured when a bridge collapsed into the River Roeburn in Roeburndale.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Parish headcount" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  2. ^ Liverpool Echo Tuesday 3 July 1979, page 1
  3. ^ Belfast News Letter Wednesday 6 July 1977, page 3
  4. ^ 1979 air crash
  5. ^ "Man dead, several injured following bridge collapse". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Four rescued from Roeburndale river after bridge crash". BBC News. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.


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