Trawden Forest
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Trawden Forest is located in the Borough of Pendle Trawden Forest Trawden Forest Location in Pendle Borough Show map of the Borough of PendleTrawden Forest is located in Lancashire Trawden Forest Trawden Forest Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire | |
| Population | 2,765 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SD9139 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Colne |
| Postcode district | BB8 |
| Dialling code | 01282 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
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Trawden Forest is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 2,765,[1] and contains the village of Trawden (formerly called Beardshaw) and the hamlets of Cottontree, Winewall and Wycoller. Boulsworth Hill is a well known local landmark situated within the parish. It takes its name from a medieval royal forest or "chase" which was in the same area.
Trawden was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming an urban district from 1894.[2]
The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Nelson, Colne and Laneshaw Bridge, the Burnley parish of Briercliffe and West Yorkshire.
According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 2,765,[1] an increase from 2,580 in the 2001 census.[3]
Media gallery
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The Brontë Way crossing Brink Ends Moor
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Trawden
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Wycoller Beck
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The ruins of Wycoller Hall
See also
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References
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- ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Trawden Forest Parish (1170215077)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Trawden Tn/CP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Pendle Retrieved 2009年09月18日
External links
[edit ]Media related to Trawden Forest at Wikimedia Commons
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