Why Cow Ark?

[lindsay ormerod]

Possibly a stupid question but there's a place near Foulridge called Cow Ark and I have often wondered why;(I know it's a dull thing to wonder about) Anyone any ideas....have googled it but just got shedloads of house prices for the area!

 

[lancsdave]

No idea how it got it's name but from what I can see it isn't near Foulridge. It's the other side of Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley.

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

Definitely Ribble Valley past Bashall Eaves. Some friends of ours used to live there.

I've just been told that it's officially in Bowland Forest and that there is a farm of that name. Now what came first?

 

[grego]

I've a friend who lives there, I'll ask her see if she knows.