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Withnell
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Withnell is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. According to the census of 2001, it had a population of 3,631, reducing to 3,498 at the census of 2011. Withnell is about north-east of Chorley itself and about from Blackburn. It borders the villages of Brinscall and Abbey Village, which are part of the parish. It constituted an urban district from 1894 to 1974.
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- Locality
- Chorley
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Withnell
- UK place.map_type
- Lancashire
- UK place.population
- 3,498
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD634217
- UK place.civil_parish
- Withnell
- UK place.shire_district
- Chorley
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- CHORLEY
- UK place.postcode_area
- PR
- UK place.postcode_district
- PR6
- UK place.dial_code
- 01254
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Chorley
- UK place.static_image_name
- Bury Lane - geograph.org.uk - 525719.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Bury Lane, Withnell village centre
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of Chorley
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Toponymy
- Amenities
- Environs
- See also
- References
- External links
Withnell is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. According to the census of 2001, it had a population of 3,631, reducing to 3,498 at the census of 2011. Withnell is about north-east of Chorley itself and about from Blackburn. It borders the villages of Brinscall and Abbey Village, which are part of the parish. It constituted an urban district from 1894 to 1974.
==Toponymy== The name Withnell is first recorded as Withinhull around 1160, and appears as Withinhulle in the 1332 Subsidy Rolls of Lancashire. It means 'hill where willow trees grow'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Withnell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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