Hurstwood is a rural hamlet on the eastern outskirts 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 ...
in
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
, England. It is in the
civil parish
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of
Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood and the
borough of Burnley
The Borough of Burnley () is a local government district with the borough status in Lancashire, England. It has an area of and a population of (), and is named after its largest town, Burnley. Other notable settlements include Padiham, Ha ...
.
History
The
Old English
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word is thought to mean a wooded prominence, as 'wood' (OE ) has been appended, it may just mean a prominence in this case.
The older part of the settlement contains three buildings that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
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as designated Grade II*
listed building
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s, being particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Hurstwood Hall, the Great Barn next to it, and Spencer House are all thought to have been constructed in late 16th century.
It is believed that the Elizabethan poet
Edmund Spenser was part of the family that built Spenser House in Hurstwood. Scenes from the 1996
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'' were filmed at Spenser House and Hurstwood Hall.
To the east is Hurstwood reservoir, and south-east is Cant Clough reservoir, both are passed by the
footpath. The
is usually said to begin at the confluence of Hurstwood Brook and Rock Water at the edge of the hamlet.
, was born here. Tattersalls Farm is next to Hurstwood Hall.