Barley-with-Wheatley Booth is a
civil parish
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in the
Pendle district of
Lancashire
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, England. It has a population of 298,
and contains the village of
Barley
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and the hamlet of White Hough or Whitehough (). To the west of Barley is
Pendle Hill; its summit, at 557 metres (1,827 ft), is within the parish.
The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of
Blacko,
Roughlee Booth and
Goldshaw Booth and the
Ribble Valley
Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe, the largest town. The borough also includes the town of Longridge and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. ...
parishes of
Sabden,
Mearley,
Worston,
Downham and
Twiston. It is part of the
Forest of Bowland
The Forest of Bowland, also known as the Bowland Fells and formerly the Chase of Bowland, is an area of gritstone fells, deep valleys and peat moorland, mostly in north-east Lancashire, England, with a small part in North Yorkshire (however ro ...
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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(AONB).
Barley-with-Wheatley Booth was once a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the
Burnley Rural District from 1894.
Along with Higham-with-West Close Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Roughlee Booth, the parish forms the Higham with Pendleside ward of
Pendle Borough Council.
According to the
United Kingdom Census 2011
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, the parish has a population of 298,
an increase from 271 in the 2001 census.
Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Pendle''
Retrieved 2009-09-18
Media gallery
Image:Pendle panorama - geograph.org.uk - 1581307.jpg, View over the parish from Pendle Hill
Image:Autumn leaves - geograph.org.uk - 1582660.jpg, Autumn near White Hough
Image:Getting very near the end - geograph.org.uk - 1580829.jpg, Assending Pendle on the footpath from Barley
Image:A hillside setting near Buttock - geograph.org.uk - 1640513.jpg, Lower Ogden Reservoir from Buttock Farm
Image:White Hough Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 179273.jpg, Bridge over White Hough Water
See also
* Listed buildings in Barley-with-Wheatley Booth
References
Citations
External links
Map of modern parish boundary at Lancashire County Council websiteBarley with Wheatley Booth township - British History Online
Geography of the Borough of Pendle
Civil parishes in Lancashire
Forest of Bowland
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