Barnoldswick

Also known as Barnoldswick, Lancashire

Barnoldswick (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It lies within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated from Leeds and from Lancaster; nearby towns include Skipton to the east, Clitheroe to the west, Burnley to the south and Keighley to the east-south-east. The civil parish has a population of 10,752.

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UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Barnoldswick
UK place.local_name: Barlick
UK place.population: 10,752
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.civil_parish: Barnoldswick
UK place.shire_district: Pendle
UK place.shire_county: Lancashire
UK place.constituency_westminster: Pendle and Clitheroe
UK place.post_town: BARNOLDSWICK
UK place.postcode_district: BB18
UK place.postcode_area: BB
UK place.dial_code: 01282
UK place.os_grid_reference: SD875465
UK place.static_image_name: Barnoldswick, looking across Craven and the Yorkshire Dales.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: A view from Weets Hill across Barnoldswick and Craven towards Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent and Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales
UK place.region: North West England
UK place.pushpin_map: United Kingdom Borough of Pendle

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Wikidata facts

Population: 10752
Official website: www.barnoldswicktowncouncil.gov.uk
Image: Barnoldswick, Lancashire.jpg
Dialing code: 01282

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postal code: BB18
OS grid reference: SD875465
Commons category: Barnoldswick

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==History== Barnoldswick dates back to Anglo Saxon times. It was listed in the Domesday Book as Bernulfesuuic, meaning "Bernulf's Town" ( being an archaic spelling of –wick, meaning "settlement", in particular, a "dairy farm"). The town is known locally as Barlick.