Goldshaw Booth
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Goldshaw Booth is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 248,[1] and contains the village of Newchurch in Pendle and the hamlets of Spen Brook (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) and Sabden Fold (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".). Pendle Hill lies to the north.
The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Barley-with-Wheatley Booth, Roughlee Booth, Old Laund Booth and Higham-with-West Close Booth and the Ribble Valley parish of Sabden. It is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).[2]
According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 248,[1] a decrease from 265 in the 2001 census.[3]
Goldshaw 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. The township extended to cover parts of the adjoining villages of Fence and Wheatley Lane,[4] but this part transferred to Old Laund Booth in 1898. Parts of the parish also transferred to Sabden on its creation in 1904,Template:Efn and Newchurch in Pendle also used to straddle the boundary with Roughlee Booth but was brought entirely within the parish in 1935.[5]
Along with Higham-with-West Close Booth, Barley-with-Wheatley Booth and Roughlee Booth, the parish forms the Higham with Pendleside ward of Pendle Borough Council.[6]
Media gallery
-
Spenbrook Mill
-
Old barn at Sabden Fold
-
Footpath through a plantation east of Newchurch
-
Pendle from Cross Lane in winter
-
Spen Brook from the south-east
See also
Script error: No such module "Portal".
References
Notes Template:Notelist
Citations
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b Template:NOMIS2011
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Pendle Template:Webarchive Retrieved 2009-09-18
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Map of modern parish boundary at Lancashire County Council website
- Goldshaw Booth township - British History Online