Reedley Hallows or Reedley is a

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in the

Borough of Pendle Pendle is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The council is based in Nelson, the borough's largest town. The borough also includes the towns of Barnoldswick, Brierfield, Colne and Earby along with the sur ...

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, England. It forms part of

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...

and Brierfield. It had a population of 1,994, reducing to 1,960 at the 2011 Census. It is on the

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, and the construction of a

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started in January 2008 and is expected to be completed in September. The local railway station, Reedley Hallows Halt on the East Lancashire Line, closed in 1956. The marina, and the site of the railway station, are both outside the current boundary of the parish, and are in an

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, which is part of the town of

History

The civil parish was created in 1894 from the majority of Reedley Hallows, Filly Close and New Laund Booth civil parish. That civil parish had been created in 1866 from the

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in the ancient parish of Whalley. The original boundary with Burnley was Barden Clough, but as town expanded it was moved to the north-west. Although administratively inside the parish of Whalley, as parts of the former royal hunting Forest of Pendle, the area was extra-parochial until 1887. As part of the Honour of Clitheroe, this meant the parish church for the area was the chapel at

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. Reedley Hallows is the eastern side of Pendle Water, while New Laund Booth is to the north-west and Filly Close to the south-west. All 3 are originally documented as

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s in the forest. In 1324 Filly Close was leased in connection with Royle, across Pendle Water in Burnley. In 1341, Reedley Hallows was a stock-farm for the vaccaries (mediaeval cattle farms) in the rest of Pendle Forest. By 1459 the New Laund (probably originally a deer park) had also been leased to farm. From 1894 to 1974, Reedley was the administrative centre of the

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. The council offices where located in what is now the Oaks Hotel on Colne Road. There is also a

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Notable people

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and Robert Nutter, Catholic martyrs executed for being priests in 1584 and 1600. * Christopher Towneley, of the Towneley Hall family, lived at Moor Isles Farm in latter years of his life, until 1674.

Gallery

Image:Magistrate Courts, Reedley - geograph.org.uk - 230925.jpg, Magistrates' court Image:Pendle Water - geograph.org.uk - 1381123.jpg, Pendle Water Image:Reedley Marina - geograph.org.uk - 1381086.jpg, Reedley Marina Image:New in Pendle Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1381115.jpg, New in Pendle bridge

References

Notes Citations Bibliography *

External links

Map of Reedley Hallows current (2013) parish boundary at Lancashire County Council websiteReedley Hallows Township Boundaries
- Reedley is marked as area 237
Reedley Hallows Parish CouncilLancashire Telegraph - Lucas Sports FieldsBurnley Express - Jewel MillLancashire Telegraph - Belvedere and Calder Vale Sports ClubBurnley Express - Holme EndBurnley Express - Oaks Hotel history
{{Borough of Pendle geography Civil parishes in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of Pendle

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