Barley-with-Wheatley Booth explained

Static Image Name:Gate - geograph.org.uk - 476329.jpg
Static Image Caption:Upper Black Moss Reservoir
Country:England
Coordinates:53.862°N -2.275°W
Official Name:Barley-with-Wheatley Booth
Population:298
Population Ref:(2011)
Civil Parish:Barley-with-Wheatley Booth
Shire District:Pendle
Shire County:Lancashire
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Pendle
Post Town:BURNLEY
Postcode District:BB12
Postcode Area:BB
Dial Code:01282
Os Grid Reference:SD8240
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Borough of Pendle#United Kingdom Forest of Bowland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Pendle Borough##Location in the Forest of Bowland AONB

Barley-with-Wheatley Booth is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 298, and contains the village of Barley and the hamlet of White Hough or Whitehough . To the west of Barley is Pendle Hill; its summit, at 557 metres (1,827 ft), is within the parish.

The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Blacko, Roughlee Booth and Goldshaw Booth and the Ribble Valley parishes of Sabden, Mearley, Worston, Downham and Twiston. It is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).[1]

Barley-with-Wheatley 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.[2]

Along with Higham-with-West Close Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Roughlee Booth, the parish forms the Higham with Pendleside ward of Pendle Borough Council.[3]

According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 298, an increase from 271 in the 2001 census.[4]

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  1. Forest of Bowland map . Lancashire County Council . forestofbowland.com .
  2. Web site: Barley With Wheatley Booth Tn/CP through time . GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth . visionofbritain.org.uk . 27 June 2015.
  3. Web site: Ordnance Survey . Higham with Pendleside . Ordnance Survey Linked Data Platform . 2 September 2015.
  4. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790441 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Pendle