Withnell is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Borough of Chorley
The Borough of Chorley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The population of the Borough at the 2011 census was 107,155. It is named after its largest settlement, the town of Chorley.
History
The non-me ...
,
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
, England. According to the census of 2001, it had a population of 3,631, reducing to 3,498 at the census of 2011. Withnell is about north-east of
Chorley itself and about from
Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...
.
It constituted an
urban district
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from 1894 to 1974. It was originally called 'Withinhull' around 1160, later appearing as 'Withinhulle' in the 1332
Subsidy Rolls of Lancashire, meaning 'a hill where willow trees grow'. It borders the villages of
Brinscall
Brinscall is a village in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. Located approximately five miles north-east of Chorley, Brinscall borders the similar-sized villages of Withnell and Abbey Village. Brinscall is part of the civil parish o ...
and
Abbey Village which are part of the parish.
Geography
Withnell
Local Nature Reserve, designated as by Chorley Borough Council, roughly traces the path of a now disused railway cutting for around . Since 1966, a large number of wildflowers, native trees and heathers have been planted in the site. The public are free to walk through the reserve.
Amenities in Withnell include St. Joseph's
Catholic
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school and church, and St Paul's
Church of England
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church
There was formerly a post office, closed on 8 May 2008 as part of th
Post Office Network Change Program A newsagent continued to operate from the old post office premises, but closed a couple of years later and was converted to private housing.
There is a GP surgery for Withnell and surrounding village, a pharmacy, beauty parlour and a car sales garage.
Withnell railway station served the village, but it closed in 1960.
In 2018, the only type of stone needed for the completion of the
Basilica de la Sagrada Familia in
Barcelona, Spain was discovered in the nearby Brinscall Quarry
See also
Listed buildings in Withnell
References
External links
Withnell Chorley Borough Council.
History of Withnell Township British History Online.
History of Withnell Mill Withnell history website
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Geography of Chorley
Villages in Lancashire
Civil parishes in Lancashire
West Pennine Moors
Local Nature Reserves in Lancashire