Barley-with-Wheatley Booth
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|static_image_name= Gate - geograph.org.uk - 476329.jpg
|static_image_caption= Upper Black Moss Reservoir
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|53.862|-2.275|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Barley-with-Wheatley Booth
|population = 298
|population_ref= (2011)
|civil_parish= Barley-with-Wheatley Booth
|shire_district= Pendle
|shire_county = Lancashire
|region= North West England
|constituency_westminster= Pendle
|post_town= BURNLEY
|postcode_district = BB12
|postcode_area= BB
|dial_code= 01282
|os_grid_reference= SD8240
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|pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Pendle#United Kingdom Forest of Bowland
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Pendle Borough##Location in the Forest of Bowland AONB
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Barley-with-Wheatley Booth is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 298,{{NOMIS2011|id=1170215065|title=Barley-with-Wheatley Booth Parish|accessdate=11 February 2018}} and contains the village of Barley and the hamlet of White Hough or Whitehough ({{Coord|53.859|N|2.257|W|name=White Hough}}). To the west of Barley is Pendle Hill; its summit, at 557 metres (1,827 ft), is within the parish.
The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Blacko, Roughlee Booth and Goldshaw Booth and the Ribble Valley parishes of Sabden, Mearley, Worston, Downham and Twiston. It is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).{{Cite map |url= http://forestofbowland.com/main-map|publisher=Lancashire County Council |title=Forest of Bowland map |series=forestofbowland.com |scale= |edition= |year=}}
Barley-with-Wheatley Booth was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Burnley Rural District from 1894.{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10332680/relationships |title=Barley With Wheatley Booth Tn/CP through time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |work=visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=27 June 2015}}
Along with Higham-with-West Close Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Roughlee Booth, the parish forms the Higham with Pendleside ward of Pendle Borough Council.{{cite web |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=Higham with Pendleside |website=Ordnance Survey Linked Data Platform |url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000004609 |accessdate=2 September 2015}}
According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 298, an increase from 271 in the 2001 census.[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790441 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Pendle] Retrieved 2009-09-18
Media gallery
Image:Pendle panorama - geograph.org.uk - 1581307.jpg|View over the parish from Pendle Hill
Image:Autumn leaves - geograph.org.uk - 1582660.jpg|Autumn near White Hough
Image:Getting very near the end - geograph.org.uk - 1580829.jpg|Assending Pendle on the footpath from Barley
Image:A hillside setting near Buttock - geograph.org.uk - 1640513.jpg|Lower Ogden Reservoir from Buttock Farm
Image:White Hough Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 179273.jpg|Bridge over White Hough Water
See also
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References
Citations
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Barley-with-Wheatley Booth}}
- [http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/agsmario/default.aspx?categ=boundaries&wardcode=30UJGG&layeron=Parish%20Boundaries Map of modern parish boundary at Lancashire County Council website]
- [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp518-519 Barley with Wheatley Booth township - British History Online]
{{Borough of Pendle geography}}
Category:Geography of the Borough of Pendle
Category:Civil parishes in Lancashire
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