Goldshaw Booth is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the Pendle district of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

, England. It has a population of 248, and contains the village of

Newchurch in Pendle Newchurch in Pendle is a village in the civil parish of Goldshaw Booth, Pendle, Lancashire, England, adjacent to Barley, to the south of Pendle Hill. It was formerly part of Roughlee Booth until its transferral in 1935. History Famous for ...

and the hamlets of Spen Brook () and Sabden Fold ().

Pendle Hill Pendle Hill is in the east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Brierfield, Clitheroe and Padiham. Its summit is above mean sea level. It gives its name to the Borough of Pendle. It is an isolated hill in the Pe ...

lies to the north. The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of

Barley-with-Wheatley Booth Barley-with-Wheatley Booth is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 298, and contains the village of Barley and the hamlet of White Hough or Whitehough (). To the west of Barley is Pendle Hill; ...

, Roughlee Booth,

Old Laund Booth Old Laund Booth is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 1,459, and contains the villages of Fence, Lancashire, Fence and Wheatley Lane. Old Laund Boo ...

and Higham-with-West Close 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. ...

parish of

Sabden Sabden is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. Sabden is located south of Pendle Hill, in a valley about three miles north west of Padiham. The parish covers , of which is occupied by the village. It lies in t ...

. 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 ...

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(AONB). According to the

United Kingdom Census 2011 A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Inter ...

, the parish has a population of 248, a decrease from 265 in the 2001 census. Goldshaw Booth was once a

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. 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

in 1866, forming part of the

Burnley Rural District Burnley was a Rural district of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was named after but did not include the large town of Burnley, which was a county borough. The district and its council was created in 1894 under the Local Government A ...

from 1894. The township extended to cover parts of the adjoining villages of

Fence A fence is a structure that encloses an area, typically outdoors, and is usually constructed from posts that are connected by boards, wire, rails or net (textile), netting. A fence differs from a wall in not having a solid foundation along its ...

and

Wheatley Lane Wheatley Lane is a village in Pendle, Lancashire, England. It is close to Nelson, Barrowford and Burnley. It lies to the north of the A6068 road, known locally as the Padiham bypass, or "The New Road". Wheatley Lane is an extended village co ...

, but this part transferred to

in 1898. Parts of the parish also transferred to

on its creation in 1904, and

also used to straddle the boundary with Roughlee Booth but was brought entirely within the parish in 1935. Along with Higham-with-West Close Booth, Barley-with-Wheatley Booth and Roughlee Booth, the parish forms the Higham with Pendleside ward of

Pendle Borough Council Pendle may refer to: * Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England ** Pendle (UK Parliament constituency) Pendle was a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the Un ...

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Image:Spenbrook Mill - geograph.org.uk - 1213354.jpg, Spenbrook Mill Image:Barn at Sabden Fold - geograph.org.uk - 173917.jpg, Old barn at Sabden Fold Image:The way through the woods - geograph.org.uk - 1555670.jpg, Footpath through a plantation east of Newchurch Image:Newchurch In Pendle - geograph.org.uk - 1161161.jpg, Pendle from Cross Lane in winter Image:Spen Brook - geograph.org.uk - 571004.jpg, Spen Brook from the south-east

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Map of modern parish boundary at Lancashire County Council websiteGoldshaw Booth township - British History Online
Geography of the Borough of Pendle Civil parishes in Lancashire Forest of Bowland {{Lancashire-geo-stub

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