Reedley Hallows or Reedley is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
Borough of Pendle
Pendle is a local government district and borough of Lancashire, England. It adjoins the Lancashire boroughs of Burnley and Ribble Valley, the North Yorkshire district of Craven and the West Yorkshire boroughs of Calderdale and Bradford. It ha ...
in
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
, England. It forms part of
Burnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston, at the confluence of the River C ...
and
Brierfield. It had a population of 1,994, reducing to 1,960 at the 2011 Census.
It is on the
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool.
Over a distance of , crossing the Pennines, and including 91 locks on the main line. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal has several small branc ...
, and the construction of a
marina started in January 2008 and is expected to be completed in September.
The local railway station,
Reedley Hallows Halt on the
East Lancashire Line
The East Lancashire line is a railway line in the Lancashire region of England, which runs between Preston and Colne, through Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley (Barracks and Central) and Nelson. The line formerly ran onto Skipton but this closed i ...
, closed in 1956. The marina, and the site of the railway station, are both outside the current boundary of the parish, and are in an
unparished area
In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish (the lowest level of local government, not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish). Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unpa ...
, which is part of the town of
Burnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston, at the confluence of the River C ...
.
History
The civil parish was created in 1894 from the majority of Reedley Hallows, Filly Close and New Laund Booth civil parish. That civil parish had been created in 1866 from the
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in the ancient parish of Whalley.
The original boundary with Burnley was Barden Clough, but as town expanded it was moved to the north-west.
Although administratively inside the parish of Whalley, as parts of the former
royal hunting Forest of Pendle
The Forest of Pendle is the name given to an area of hilly landscape to the east of Pendle Hill in eastern Lancashire, roughly defining the watershed between the River Ribble and its tributary the River Calder. The forest is not identical to ...
, the area was
extra-parochial
In England and Wales, an extra-parochial area, extra-parochial place or extra-parochial district was a geographically defined area considered to be outside any ecclesiastical or civil parish. Anomalies in the parochial system meant they had no ch ...
until 1887.
[ As part of the ]Honour of Clitheroe
The Honour of Clitheroe is an ancient grouping of manors and royal forests centred on Clitheroe Castle in Lancashire, England; an honour traditionally being the grant of a large landholding complex, not all of whose parts are contiguous. In th ...
, this meant the parish church for the area was the chapel at Clitheroe castle
Clitheroe Castle is a ruined early medieval castle in Clitheroe in Lancashire, England. It was the ''caput'' of the Honour of Clitheroe, a vast estate stretching along the western side of the Pennines.
Its earliest history is debated but it is ...
.
Reedley Hallows is the eastern side of Pendle Water
Pendle Water is a minor river in Lancashire, England. Rising on Pendle Hill, Pendle Water cuts a deep valley between Barley Moor and Spence Hill where it feeds into the reservoirs of ''Upper'' and ''Lower Ogden''.
Upon exiting the lower rese ...
, while New Laund Booth is to the north-west and Filly Close to the south-west. All 3 are originally documented as enclosure
Enclosure or Inclosure is a term, used in English landownership, that refers to the appropriation of "waste" or " common land" enclosing it and by doing so depriving commoners of their rights of access and privilege. Agreements to enclose land ...
s in the forest. In 1324 Filly Close was leased in connection with Royle, across Pendle Water in Burnley. In 1341, Reedley Hallows was a stock-farm for the vaccaries (mediaeval cattle farms) in the rest of Pendle Forest. By 1459 the New Laund (probably originally a deer park) had also been leased to farm.
From 1894 to 1974, Reedley was the administrative centre of the Burnley Rural District. The council offices where located in what is now the Oaks Hotel on Colne Road. There is also a Magistrates' court
A magistrates' court is a lower court where, in several jurisdictions, all criminal proceedings start. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings.
Courts
* Magistrates' court (England and Wales)
* Magistrate's Cou ...
.
Notable people
*John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
and Robert Nutter
Robert Nutter (c. 155026 July 1600) was an English Catholic priest, Dominican friar and martyr. He was beatified in 1987.
Life
Throughout the religious upheavals following the English Reformation, the vast majority of English Catholics, many of ...
, Catholic martyrs executed for being priests in 1584 and 1600
Gallery
Image:Magistrate Courts, Reedley - geograph.org.uk - 230925.jpg, Magistrates' court
Image:Pendle Water - geograph.org.uk - 1381123.jpg, Pendle Water
Image:Reedley Marina - geograph.org.uk - 1381086.jpg, Reedley Marina
Image:New in Pendle Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1381115.jpg, New in Pendle bridge
See also
*Listed buildings in Reedley Hallows
Reedley Hallows is a civil parish in Pendle, Lancashire, England. It contains three listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade ...
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
*
External links
Map of Reedley Hallows current (2013) parish boundary at Lancashire County Council website
Reedley Hallows Township Boundaries
- Reedley is marked as area 237
Reedley Hallows Parish Council
Lancashire Telegraph - Lucas Sports Fields
Burnley Express - Jewel Mill
Lancashire Telegraph - Belvedere and Calder Vale Sports Club
Burnley Express - Holme End
Burnley Express - Oaks Hotel history
{{Borough of Pendle geography
Civil parishes in Lancashire
Geography of the Borough of Pendle