Shawforth ( ) is a ward in the township of Whitworth within the
Rossendale borough of
Lancashire
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, England. It lies amongst the
South Pennines along the course of the
River Spodden and
A671 road.
Shawforth in the
Middle Ages
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was a
hamlet
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within the township of
Spotland and
parish of Rochdale.
[.]
Shawforth railway station served Shawforth from 1881 until its closure in 1947.
It is part of the Rossendale and Darwen constituency, with
Jake Berry having been the Member of Parliament since 2010.
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Villages in Lancashire
Geography of the Borough of Rossendale