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FENCE-IN-PENDLE, a chapelry in Whalley parish, Lancashire; on the E border of the county, 3 miles N of Burnley r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Fence, under Burnley. It was constituted in 1845. Pop., 1,331. Houses, 257. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, not reported. *Patron, W. Holden, Esq. The church is good.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Nelson library.Cemeteries
- St Anne, Wheatley Lane Road, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Fence.Church History
Church Records
- St Anne, Wheatley Lane Road, Church of England
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Fence area is Burnley and Pendle.Description and Travel
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Gazetteers
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In 1835 Fence was a chapelry in the township of Higham with West Close Booth in the parish of Whalley.Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Fence 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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