Old Laund Booth is a
civil parish
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in the
Pendle Pendle may refer to:
* Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England
** Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)
* Pendle Hill in Lancashire, England
** Forest of Pendle, hilly landscape surrounding the hill
* Pendle College of the University of Lancaster
...
district of
Lancashire
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, England. It has a population of 1,459,
and contains the 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 netting. A fence differs from a wall in not having a solid foundation along its whole length.
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and
Wheatley Lane.
Old Laund Booth was once a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish 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 Ac ...
from 1894 (until 1974). Until 1898 when the parish was enlarged, part of Goldshaw Booth and a detached area Higham with West Close Booth, divided the township into two parts with Fence in the eastern and Wheatley Lane and Old Laund hall in the western.
In 1935 the civil parish of Wheatley Carr Booth was abolished and the area also joined this parish.
The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of
Roughlee Booth,
Barrowford
Barrowford () is a large village and civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north of Nelson on the other side of the M65 motorway, and forms part of the Nelson conurbation. It also comprises the area of ...
,
Nelson
Nelson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
,
Brierfield,
Reedley Hallows,
Higham-with-West Close Booth and
Goldshaw Booth. Higher areas of the parish, north-east of the villages are 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 (howeve ...
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is an area of countryside in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Areas are designated in recognition of th ...
(AONB).
According to the
United Kingdom Census 2011
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, the parish has a population of 1,459,
[ a decrease from 1,586 in the 2001 census.Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Pendle'']
Retrieved 2009-09-18
Media gallery
Image:'Ye Old Sparrow Hawk', Barrowford Road, Wheatley Lane, Lancashire - geograph.org.uk - 687733.jpg, Ye Old Sparrow Hawk, Wheatley Lane
Image:St Anne's Church, Fence - geograph.org.uk - 427402.jpg, St Anne's Church, Fence
Image:Inghamite Church, Wheatley Lane - geograph.org.uk - 104361.jpg, Inghamite Church, Wheatley Lane
Image:Wheatley Lane, Lancashire - The 'White Swan' - geograph.org.uk - 1732540.jpg, The White Swan, Wheatley Lane
See also
*
Listed buildings in Old Laund Booth
References
Citations
External links
Map of modern parish boundary at Lancashire County Council websiteOld Laund Booth township - British History OnlineWheatley Carr Booth township - British History Online
Civil parishes in Lancashire
Geography of the Borough of Pendle
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