Entwistle is a village in the

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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

of North Turton, in the

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area in the ceremonial county of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

, England. Its name derives from the

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''ened'' and ''twisla'' which means a river fork frequented by ducks. The name was recorded as Hennetwisel in 1212, Ennetwysel in 1276 and Entwissell in 1311. Entwistle is situated in a fork between the Edgeworth Brook and a smaller tributary. Entwistle was originally a

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in the chapelry of Turton which was part of the large ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the hundred of Salford. In 1866 Entwistle became a separate civil parish, on 30 September 1898 the parish was abolished and merged with Edgeworth. In 1891 the parish had a population of 287. Entwistle Hall is a 16th-century farmhouse which dates from the time of the Entwistle family. It is a

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. The south facing front of the Hall still has many Tudor features including mullioned windows with dripstone headings. Entwistle railway station, situated between

Darwen Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road, A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to ...

and Bromley Cross railway stations on the line between Blackburn and Bolton, was a request stop until the May 2023 timetable change. The station is situated close to the Strawbury Duck

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.Strawbury Duck, Edgworth, Lancashire
''Pictures of England''. Retrieved 14 August 2010. Nearby streams have been dammed to form the Wayoh and

Turton and Entwistle Reservoir Turton and Entwistle Reservoir is a water reservoir in the village of Edgworth, Lancashire, England. The reservoir's existence is due to the Entwistle Dam. When constructed in 1832 the Entwistle Dam was the highest in Britain; it rises 108 feet ...

s. The area is popular with walkers, anglers and joggers. Entwistle, which lies to the north-eastern corner of the old Turton Urban District (which also includes Edgworth, Quarlton, Bradshaw, Harwood, Turton, and Longworth), is about 1,000 feet above sea level and consists of some 1,668 acres.

Notable people

* James Brandwood (1739–1826), Quaker minister

References

Notes Bibliography *

External links

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