Barrowford Booth
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BARROWFORD, a township and a chapelry in Whalley parish, Lancashire. The township lies on the East Lancashire railway, 2 miles W of Colne; and has a post office under Burnley. Acres, 1,540. Real property, £7,754. Pop., 2,880. Houses, 612. The property is much subdivided. Many of the inhabitants are employed in cotton manufactories. The chapelry was constituted in 1843; and bears the name of Barrowford-Colne, or Colne-Barrowford. Pop., 2,796 Houses, 591. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £150.* Patrons, Hulme's Trustees. The church is recent; and there are four dissenting chapels.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Nelson library.Cemeteries
- Colne Rd, Cemetery
- St Thomas, Wheatley Lane Road, Church of England
- All Souls, Wheatley Lane Road, Roman Catholic Cemetery
- Higherford, Gisburn Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
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Church Records
- Pendle Community Church, Scotland Rd, Assembly of God, Newbridge
- St Thomas, Wheatley Lane Road, Church of England
- Gisburn Rd, Congregational
- Ingham St, Congregational
- Zion, Church St, Primitive Methodist
- St Peter and St Paul, Gisburn Rd, Roman Catholic
- Higherford, Gisburn Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
- Trinity, Scotland Rd, Wesleyan Methodist, Newbridge
- Ebenezer, Gisburn Rd, Wesleyan Methodist/Independent Methodist, Blacko
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Civil Registration
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In 1835 Barrowford Booth was a township in the parish of Whalley.Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Barrowford was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.Societies
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