Old Laund Booth

{{About|the civil parish|the electoral ward|Old Laund Booth (ward)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

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|static_image_caption= Fence Gate Inn, Fence

|country = England

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|official_name= Old Laund Booth

|population = 1,459

|population_ref= (2011)

|civil_parish= Old Laund 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

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|pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Pendle

|pushpin_map_caption= Location in Pendle Borough

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Old Laund Booth is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 1,459,{{NOMIS2011|id=1170215073|title=Old Laund Booth Parish|accessdate=11 February 2018}} and contains the villages of Fence and Wheatley Lane.

Old Laund 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 (until 1974). Until 1898 when the parish was enlarged, part of Goldshaw Booth and a detached area Higham with West Close Booth, divided the township into two parts with Fence in the eastern and Wheatley Lane and Old Laund hall in the western.{{Cite map |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=Lancashire and Furness |series=County Series |scale=1 : 10,560 |edition=1st |year=1848}}{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10374145/relationships |title=Old Laund Booth Tn/CP through time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |work=visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=7 September 2015}} In 1935 the civil parish of Wheatley Carr Booth was abolished and the area also joined this parish.{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10384862/relationships |title=Wheatley Carr Booth Tn/CP through time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |work=visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=7 September 2015}}

The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Roughlee Booth, Barrowford, Nelson, Brierfield, Reedley Hallows, Higham-with-West Close Booth and Goldshaw Booth. Higher areas of the parish, north-east of the villages are 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 }}

According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 1,459, a decrease from 1,586 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