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Heapey
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Heapey is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. The village is two miles from Chorley and on the western fringe of the West Pennine Moors. In 2001 the population was 955, increasing to 1,001 at the 2011 census.
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- Locality
- Chorley
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Parish Church of St Barnabas, Heapey - geograph.org.uk - 412076.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parish Church of St Barnabas, Heapey
- UK place.official_name
- Heapey
- UK place.map_type
- Lancashire
- UK place.population
- 1,001
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD606201
- UK place.civil_parish
- Heapey
- UK place.shire_district
- Chorley
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- CHORLEY
- UK place.postcode_area
- PR
- UK place.postcode_district
- PR6
- UK place.dial_code
- 01257
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Chorley
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of Chorley
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Chorley
- Population
- 1005
- Image
- Parish Church of St Barnabas, Heapey - geograph.org.uk - 412076.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01257
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- postal code
- PR6
- OS grid reference
- SD606201
- Commons category
- Heapey
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Governance
- Geography
- Population
- Religion
- ROF
- See also
- References
- External links
Heapey is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. The village is two miles from Chorley and on the western fringe of the West Pennine Moors. In 2001 the population was 955, increasing to 1,001 at the 2011 census.
==History== Heapey derives from the Old English heope a rose, or heap a hill and hege a hedge meaning a rose hedge or hedge on the hill. It was recorded as Hepeie in 1219. There are ancient earthworks near Heapey and Roman coins were discovered in 1835.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heapey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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