Briercliffe
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BRIERCLIFFE, a township and a chapelry in Whalley parish, Lancashire. The township bears the name of Briercliffe-with-Extwistle; and lies near the East Lancashire railway, 3 miles NE by E of Burnley. Post Town, Burnley. Acres, 4,180. Real property, £5,222. Pop., 1,332. Houses, 263. There are quarries and cotton mills. The chapelry was constituted in 1842. Pop., 2,024. Houses, 393. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £250.* Patrons, Hulme's Trustees. The church was built in 1840. There are two Baptist chapels and a national school.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Burnley library.Cemeteries
- St James, Church Street, Church of England
- Halifax Road/Hill Lane, Particular Baptist
- Ebenezer, Halifax Rd, Hill Lane, Particular Baptist, Haggate
- Nelson Rd, Scotch Baptist, Haggate
- Fould's House, John Ecroyd's Orchard, Society of Friends
- Hill Farm, Society of Friends
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Briercliffe with Extwistle.Church History
Church Records
- St James, Church Street, Church of England
- Church of England, Extwistle
- Jehovah Jireh, Burnley Road, Independent Methodist
- Halifax Road/Hill Lane, Particular Baptist
- Ebenezer, Halifax Rd, Hill Lane, Particular Baptist, Haggate
- Nelson Rd, Scotch Baptist, Haggate
- Fould's House, John Ecroyd's Orchard, Society of Friends
- Hill Farm, Society of Friends
- Burnley Road, Wesleyan Methodist
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