Sabden Brook is a small

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running through

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in England. It is long and has a

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area of . Rising just to the west of Newchurch-in-Pendle, Sabden Brook moves westward through its well-defined

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

past Sabden Hall to the

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of Sabden east of the

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of Whalley. From there the brook turns southwesterly, widening out overlooked by

Wiswell Wiswell is a small village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, close to Whalley, Lancashire, Whalley and Clitheroe at the foot of Wiswell Moor. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census, it had a population of 967 ...

Moor and the ancient

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at Portfield, before conjoining with the waters of the River Calder at Cock Bridge near

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. Sabden is believed to have been derived from

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words , meaning valley of the

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trees. Brook (OE ) is a common name for a stream most often found in southern and central

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* Rivers of Lancashire Rivers of Ribble Valley 1Sabden {{England-river-stub