Cloughfold is a small
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
in between the towns of
Rawtenstall and
Waterfoot in
Rossendale, Lancashire, England.
Clough Fold railway station on the
Rawtenstall to Bacup Line opened in 1871 and closed when the line closed in 1966.
Notable people
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Caleb Ashworth (1722–1775) an English
dissenting tutor.
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Agyness Deyn (born 1983), model and actress
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Sir David James Shackleton (1863–1938) a cotton worker and trade unionist who became the third Labour Member of Parliament in 1902
References
Hamlets in Lancashire
Geography of the Borough of Rossendale
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