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Roughlee Booth

Roughlee Booth is a civil parish located in Pendle, Lancashire. It is approximately 449.43 hectares in size and situated in the Forest of Bowland AONB. It borders on the parishes of Blacko, Barrowford, Old Laund Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Barley-with-Wheatley Booth. It is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It contains the village of Roughlee and hamlets of Crow Trees and Thornley Holme. According to the 2011 United Kingdom census, the parish has a population of 318, a decrease from 328 in the 2001 census.

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Roughlee Booth
A view over Roughlee
Roughlee Booth
Location within Lancashire
Area4.49 km2 (1.73 sq mi) 1
Population318 1
• Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Roughlee Booth
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBB9,BB12
Dialling code01282
WebsiteRoughlee Parish Council
Civil Parish map of Pendle- Roughlee Booth is located in the parish marked 3 source ↗

Roughlee Booth is a civil parish located in Pendle, Lancashire. It is approximately 449.43 hectares in size2 and situated in the Forest of Bowland AONB.3 It borders on the parishes of Blacko, Barrowford, Old Laund Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Barley-with-Wheatley Booth. It is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).4 It contains the village of Roughlee and hamlets of Crow Trees and Thornley Holme. According to the 2011 United Kingdom census, the parish has a population of 318,1 a decrease from 328 in the 2001 census.5

Governance

Along with Higham-with-West Close Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Barley-with-Wheatley Booth, the parish forms the Higham with Pendleside ward of Pendle Borough Council.6

Roughlee Booth was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Burnley Rural District from 1894 until 1974. The village of Newchurch in Pendle used to straddle the boundary with Goldshaw Booth,a but that part of the parish was transferred in 1935.8

  • The Bay Horse public house in Roughlee village
    The Bay Horse public house in Roughlee village
  • Stepping stones over Pendle Water near Roughlee Old Hall
    Stepping stones over Pendle Water near Roughlee Old Hall
  • Noggarth Tea Gardens
    Noggarth Tea Gardens
  • Thornley Holme, on the road to Barley
    Thornley Holme, on the road to Barley
  • Clarion House, home of the Nelson Independent Labour Party Land Society
    Clarion House, home of the Nelson Independent Labour Party Land Society
  • The Pendle Way passes through the parish
    The Pendle Way passes through the parish
  • Blacko Water in the east of the parish
    Blacko Water in the east of the parish
See also

See also

References

References

  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Roughlee Booth Parish (1170215075)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. "Office for National Statistics- geography linked data". statistics.data.gov.uk.
  3. "Forest of Bowland Map". forestofbowland.com.
  4. Forest of Bowland map (Map). forestofbowland.com. Lancashire County Council.
  5. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Pendle Retrieved 2009-09-18
  6. "Higham with Pendleside". Ordnance Survey Linked Data Platform. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  7. Lancashire and Furness (Map) (1st ed.). 1 : 10,560. County Series. Ordnance Survey. 1848.
  8. "Roughlee Booth Tn/CP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

Notes

  1. In 1848, the boundary passed just east of St Mary's Church.7
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