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2021 Pendle Borough Council Election
The 2021 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect all members of Pendle Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other English local elections. All 33 seats across 12 wards were up for election due to boundary changes. The elections resulted in the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives gaining overall control. Results Council composition Following the last election in 2017, the composition of the 48-seat council was: After the election, the composition of the 33-seat council was: I - Independent Ward results Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*). Sources - Barnoldswick Barrowford and Pendleside Boulsworth and Foulridge Bradley Brierfield East and Clover Hill Brierfield West and Reedley Earby and Coates Fence and Higham Marsden and Southfield Vivary Bridge Waterside and Horsfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pendle Borough Council
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Pendle may refer to: * Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England ** Pendle (UK Parliament constituency) * Pendle Hill in Lancashire, England ** Forest of Pendle, hilly landscape surrounding the hill * Pendle College of the University of Lancaster * Pendle Vale College, comprehensive school in Nelson, Lancaster * Pendle witches, accused in the 1612 witch trial * Pendle Water, minor river in Lancashire * Pendle Way, recreational path encircling the borough * Pendle Grit, geologic formation * George Pendle, British author and journalist See also * Pendle Hill (other) Pendle Hill is a hill in Lancashire, England. Pendle Hill may also refer to: * Pendle Hill (China, Maine), a historic house * Pendle Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia **Pendle Hill railway station Pendle Hill railway station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foulridge
Foulridge (pronounced ) is a village and civil parish in Pendle, Lancashire, close to the border with North Yorkshire in England. It is situated just beyond Colne, on the route from the M65 to Skipton, and is an important stopping point on summit pound of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, just before it enters the Foulridge Tunnel. Noyna Hill, a well known local landmark, sits east of the village. Foulridge adjoins the Pendle parishes of Salterforth, Kelbrook and Sough, Laneshaw Bridge, Colne and Blacko. Foulridge was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Burnley Rural District from 1894 (until 1974). A detached area of the old township to the east around Barnside and Monkhall, moved to Colne in 1935. An old tale is of a cow falling into the canal at one end then passing through the tunnel before rescue. It is said it was taken to the nearby pub and revived with a drink. There is also a large reservoir that fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s In Lancashire
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pendle Borough Council Elections
Pendle Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Pendle Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Pendle in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2020, 33 councillors have been elected from 12 wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso .... Council elections Borough result maps File:Pendle UK local election 2002 map.svg, 2002 results map File:Pendle UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map File:Pendle UK local election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map File:Pendle UK local election 2006 map.svg, 2006 results map File:Pendle UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map File:Pendle UK local election 2008 map.svg, 2008 resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southfields
Southfields is a district of inner London located within the London Borough of Wandsworth, England, 5.6 miles (9 km) south-west of Charing Cross. Southfields is mainly residential, historically a part of Wandsworth itself, and is divided between the SW postcode area, SW18 and SW19 postcode areas. History Until the late 19th century Southfields was still fields, situated between the more developed villages of Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon and Putney. Several of the former pathways through the fields form the routes of parts of today's road system, in particular Wimbledon Park Road and its continuation through Southfields Passage, which was the field path from Wimbledon to Wandsworth, Kimber Road and The Baulk, both of which were field paths and can be seen on old maps of the area. When the District & London & South Western Railway from Wimbledon to Putney Bridge opened in June 1889, the area started to take off, with the first school opening a year later on Merton Road, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higham, Lancashire
Higham is a village in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, south of Pendle Hill. The civil parish is named Higham with West Close Booth. The village is north-east of Padiham and about south-west of Nelson along the A6068 road. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 778, a decrease from 808 in the 2001 census. The parish adjoins the other Pendle parishes of Goldshaw Booth, Old Laund Booth and Reedley Hallows, the Burnley parishes of Ightenhill and Padiham, and the Ribble Valley parishes of Simonstone and Sabden. The area of the parish north of Stump Hall Road is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Governance Higham with West Close Booth was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Burnley Rural District from 1894. The township included a detached area south of the village of Fence, but this part transferred to Old Laund Booth i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earby
Earby is a town and civil parish within the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. Although within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, Earby has been administered by Lancashire County Council since 1974 and regularly celebrates its Yorkshire roots. It is north of Colne, south-west of Skipton, and north-east of Burnley. The parish had a population of 4,538 recorded in the 2011 census, History From 1909 to 1974, Earby formed an urban district. Since 1974 Earby has been in the West Craven area of Pendle, has a town council, and is part of the West Craven Area Committee on Pendle Borough Council. Nearby places include Thornton in Craven and Barnoldswick. Earby also had its own railway station, but it was closed in 1970. The station was an interchange with the small branch to Barnoldswick. It has a daily bus service (280) between Preston and Skipton operated by Stagecoach together with a daily bus service (M5) from Barnoldswick to Burnley provided by The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brierfield, Lancashire
Brierfield () is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, in Lancashire, England. It is north east of Burnley, south west of Nelson, and north east of Reedley. The parish had a population of 8,193, at the census of 2011. The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Reedley Hallows, Old Laund Booth and Nelson, the Burnley parish of Briercliffe, and the unparished area of the town of Burnley. History The building of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the Blackburn to Addingham turnpike road, and the railway from Preston to Colne, led to the town developing during the 19th century. Before the new transport links were constructed, the town was just a scattering of farmhouses forming part of Marsden township known as Little Marsden, which also covered a large part of what was to become Nelson. The land here was considered part of the manor of Ightenhill. The village of Marsden was centred on St Paul's Church just over the boundary with Nelson. Brierfield was likely one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
