Chipping, Lancashire

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Chipping
St Bartholomew's Church, Chipping
Chipping shown within Lancashire
OS grid reference	SD623434
District	Ribble Valley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR3
Dialling code	01995
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Ribble Valley
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°53′06″N 2°34′23″W / 53.885, -2.573

Chipping is a village and civil parish of the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, within the Forest of Bowland. A well kept secret to many, this picturesque Lancashire village has won a number of best kept village competitions over the years.

The village is known to be at least 1,000 years old and is named in the Domesday book as 'Chippenden', the name coming from the medieval 'Chepyn' meaning market place. Chipping really thrived during the Industrial Revolution when there were seven mills located along Chipping Brook. Today only one survives, the famous chairmaking factory of H.J.Berry where furniture has been designed and made since the 1890s.

Chipping is a prefix used in a number of place names in England, probably derived from ceapen, an Old English word meaning 'market', though the meaning may alternatively come from (or via) the Medieval English word chepynge with a more specific meaning of 'long market square'.

Chipping Post Office and Craft Centre holds the honour of being the shop which has been used as a shop for the longest continuous time in the UK.^[1] It had previously been used as an undertakers and butchers amongst other trades.

Chipping has its own Local History Society. Nearby is a small grass airstrip that is used for gliding purposes.

Just to the north of the village the Forest of Bowland access areas of Clougha, Fair Snape, Wolf Fell and Saddle Fell have been opened up to the public by access agreements negotiated between Lancashire County Council and the owners. This means that over 3,260 acres (13.2 km²) of open country are now open to walkers.