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Also known as Twiston, Lancashire

Twiston is a village and a civil parish in the Ribble Valley District, in the English county of Lancashire. It is near the town of Clitheroe and the village of Downham (in whose parish the population of Twiston is now included). The parish is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Downham and Rimington, and the Pendle parish of Barley-with-Wheatley Booth.

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Place details

Locality
Ribble Valley
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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UK place.official_name
Twiston
UK place.civil_parish
Twiston
UK place.population
64
UK place.population_ref
(2001 Census)
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
North West England
UK place.os_grid_reference
SD813438
UK place.post_town
CLITHEROE
UK place.postcode_area
BB
UK place.postcode_district
BB7
UK place.dial_code
01200
UK place.constituency_westminster
Ribble Valley
UK place.shire_district
Ribble Valley
UK place.shire_county
Lancashire
UK place.pushpin_map
United Kingdom Borough of Ribble Valley
UK place.pushpin_map_caption
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Population
83
Image
Lower Gate (geograph 2546280).jpg
Dialing code
01200
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Commons category
Twiston
OS grid reference
SD813438
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Twiston is a village and a civil parish in the Ribble Valley District, in the English county of Lancashire. It is near the town of Clitheroe and the village of Downham (in whose parish the population of Twiston is now included). The parish is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Downham and Rimington, and the Pendle parish of Barley-with-Wheatley Booth.

Twiston was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Clitheroe Rural District from 1894 till 1974.

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