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Hoddlesden is a village in the borough of
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, in
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, England. The village population at the 2011 census was 1,239. It is in the borough's East Rural ward, and is situated east of
Darwen Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road, A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to ...
. To the north there are the
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of Eccleshill and Yate and Pickup Bank, to the east there is Haslingden Grane, part of the
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, and to the south-west there is Blacksnape, a small
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. Although the village is now a residential area, with its residents commuting to places such as the nearby towns of
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and
Darwen Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road, A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to ...
, in the 19th and early 20th century, local industries included
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and
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. Between 1901 and 1936 the village was on a
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route operated by the local authorities of the two towns. Hoddlesden was also served by a railway line, a branch of the Ribble Valley Line north of Darwen. The line, opened by the
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in 1876, only had goods trains, as petitions by local residents for a passenger service were unsuccessful. The section that served Hoddlesden closed in 1950. A mill was operated by Vernon Carus, a manufacturer of healthcare products, until 2003. There had been plans to convert it into apartments until, in 2008, the building was destroyed in a fire. Hoddlesden is part of the Rossendale and Darwen constituency.


See also

* Listed buildings in Hoddlesden * Old St Paul's Church, Hoddlesden


References


External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110615061850/http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageID=1259 Coal mining in Hoddlesden Villages in Lancashire Unparished areas in Lancashire Geography of Blackburn with Darwen {{Lancashire-geo-stub