Question: The first known observations and recording of a transit of Venus were made in 1639, they made their observations independently on 4 December that year, later in the village of Much Hoole,  a village and civil parish in the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, in which country?

Context articles: Longton, Lancashire
Hesketh Bank
Cuerdale
Samlesbury
Much Hoole
Hoole railway station
Listed buildings in Little Hoole
Transit of Venus, 1639
Listed buildings in Much Hoole
Little Hoole

Longton is a village and civil parish in the west of the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, England.
 The population of the civil parish was 5,500 at the 2001 Census increasing to 7,652 at the 2011 Census .
 It is about 4 miles to the south west of Preston.
 The parish also includes the village of New Longton.
Hesketh Bank is a small agricultural village in Lancashire, England.
 It lies to the north-east of the town of Southport on the Irish Sea estuary of the River Ribble.
 The area falls under West Lancashire Borough Council for administrative purposes, and Hesketh-with-Becconsall Parish Council for parochial matters.
 The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,041.
 It is in the South Ribble parliamentary constituency.
Cuerdale is a civil parish in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England.
 It includes "Cuerdale Hall" and has no substantive settlements.
 It originated as a township in the parish of Blackburn, becoming a separate civil parish in 1866.
 From 1894, it formed part of the Preston Rural District, and under the Local Government Act 1972 became part of the South Ribble district in 1974.
Samlesbury is a village and civil parish in the borough of South Ribble in Lancashire, England.
 Samlesbury Hall, a historic house, is located in the village as is Samlesbury Aerodrome.
 The village is also home to a large modern brewery owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev.
 The population of the Civil Parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,206.
Much Hoole is a village and civil parish in the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, England.
 The parish of Much Hoole had a population of 1,851 at the time of the 2001 census, increasing to 1,997 at the 2011 Census.
Hoole railway station was on the West Lancashire Railway in England.
 It was in the civil parish of Little Hoole about a mile from the village of Much Hoole.
 It opened in 1882 and closed in 1964
Little Hoole is a civil parish in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England.
 It contains two listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.
 Both of the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".
 The parish contains the village of Walmer Bridge, and is otherwise rural, The listed buildings comprise a former manor house and a farmhouse, both dating from the 17th century.
The first known observations and recording of a transit of Venus were made in 1639 by the English astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and his friend and correspondent William Crabtree.
 The pair made their observations independently on 4 December that year (24 November under the Julian calendar then used in England); Horrocks from Carr House, then in the village of Much Hoole, Lancashire, and Crabtree from his home in Broughton, near Manchester.
Much Hoole is a civil parish in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England.
 It contains eight buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
 The parish contains the village of Much Hoole, and is otherwise rural.
 Most of the listed buildings are houses or farmhouses, the others being a church and a milestone.
Little Hoole is a civil parish in Lancashire, England, It contains the village of Walmer Bridge, and the remaining part is predominantly a farming community.
 Other nearby villages include Much Hoole and Longton.
 The parish had a population of 1,815 people in 2001, increasing to 2,070 at the 2011 Census.