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Rivington is a small village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, occupying . It is about southeast of Chorley and about northwest of Bolton. Rivington is situated on the fringe of the West Pennine Moors, at the foot of Rivington Pike. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 144, reducing to 109 at the 2011 Census.
Life in the Middle Ages centred on the families who owned the manor in what was then an isolated rural community. Agriculture, hand loom weaving, quarrying and mining occupied the few inhabitants until the middle of the 19th century. A chapel built before 1541 was replaced by the present church in 1666 and by 1703 Nonconformism led to the building of a Presbyterian church, now a Unitarian Chapel. A grammar school was founded by charter of Queen Elizabeth I in 1556.
Construction of reservoirs for Liverpool Corporation in the mid-19th century led to a decrease in the population when farms were cleared, the valley flooded and property in the western part of the village demolished. William Lever bought the Rivington Hall estate at the turn of the 20th century and used his wealth to renovate the old barns and create a large public park.
Rivington is a village in Lancashire, England.
Rivington may also refer to:
- Rivington & Co., a former English publishing house
- The Rivingtons, an American doo-wop group
- Rivington Pike
- Rivington and Blackrod High School
- Rivington Water Treatment Works
- Upper Rivington Reservoir
- Lower Rivington Reservoir
- Rivington Arms, an art gallery in New York City
- Rivington Street, a street in Manhattan, New York City
- Hotel on Rivington, a 21-story luxury hotel on Rivington Street in Manhattan, New York City
Rivington, or Rivington's, also called Rivington & Co., was a London-based publishing company founded by Charles Rivington (1688–1742), originally from Derbyshire, and continued by his sons and grandsons.