Barnoldswick
Sign in to saveBarnoldswick (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It lies within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated from Leeds and from Lancaster; nearby towns include Skipton to the east, Clitheroe to the west, Burnley to the south and Keighley to the east-south-east. The civil parish has a population of 10,752.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Barnoldswick
- UK place.local_name
- Barlick
- UK place.population
- 10,752
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Barnoldswick
- UK place.shire_district
- Pendle
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- UK place.post_town
- BARNOLDSWICK
- UK place.postcode_district
- BB18
- UK place.postcode_area
- BB
- UK place.dial_code
- 01282
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD875465
- UK place.static_image_name
- Barnoldswick, looking across Craven and the Yorkshire Dales.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A view from Weets Hill across Barnoldswick and Craven towards Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent and Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of Pendle
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Barnoldswick (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It lies within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated from Leeds and from Lancaster; nearby towns include Skipton to the east, Clitheroe to the west, Burnley to the south and Keighley to the east-south-east. The civil parish has a population of 10,752.
==History== Barnoldswick dates back to Anglo Saxon times. It was listed in the Domesday Book as Bernulfesuuic, meaning "Bernulf's Town" ( being an archaic spelling of –wick, meaning "settlement", in particular, a "dairy farm"). The town is known locally as Barlick.