Roughlee Booth
{{Short description|Civil parish in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Roughlee Booth
| civil_parish= Roughlee Booth
| country= England
| region= North West England
|coordinates= {{coord|53.859|-2.238|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference=
| post_town=
| postcode_area= BB
| postcode_district= BB9,BB12
| dial_code= 01282
| constituency_westminster=
| shire_district= Pendle
| shire_county= Lancashire
| hide_services= Yes
| population= 318
| area_total_km2= {{convert|449.45|ha|km2|2|disp=number}}
|static_image= View over Roughlee - geograph.org.uk - 1640547.jpg
|static_image_caption= A view over Roughlee
|website=[https://www.roughlee.org.uk/parishcouncil.asp Roughlee Parish Council]
}}
File:Borough of Pendle parishes map.svg
Roughlee Booth is a civil parish located in Pendle, Lancashire. It is approximately 449.43 hectares in size{{Cite web |title=Office for National Statistics- geography linked data |url=https://statistics.data.gov.uk/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.data.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FE04005225&inactive=false&includeObsolete=false&collection=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.data.gov.uk%2Fdef%2Fgeography%2Fcollection%2FE00 |website=statistics.data.gov.uk}} and situated in the Forest of Bowland AONB.{{Cite web |title=Forest of Bowland Map |url=https://www.forestofbowland.com/main-map |website=forestofbowland.com}} It borders on the parishes of Blacko, Barrowford, Old Laund Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Barley-with-Wheatley Booth. 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= }} It contains the village of Roughlee and hamlets of Crow Trees and Thornley Holme. According to the 2011 United Kingdom census, the parish has a population of 318,{{NOMIS2011|id=1170215075|title=Roughlee Booth Parish|accessdate=11 February 2018}} a decrease from 328 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
Governance
Along with Higham-with-West Close Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Barley-with-Wheatley 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}}
Roughlee 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. The village of Newchurch in Pendle used to straddle the boundary with Goldshaw Booth,{{efn|name=Sabden|In 1848, the boundary passed just east of St Mary's Church.{{Cite map |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=Lancashire and Furness |series=County Series |scale=1 : 10,560 |edition=1st |year=1848}}}} but that part of the parish was transferred in 1935.{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10377330/relationships |title=Roughlee Booth Tn/CP through time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |work=visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=3 September 2015}}
Media gallery
Image:The Bay Horse, Roughlee - geograph.org.uk - 622713.jpg|The Bay Horse public house in Roughlee village
Image:Stepping stones - panoramio (4).jpg|Stepping stones over Pendle Water near Roughlee Old Hall
Image:Noggarth Cottage. - geograph.org.uk - 4068044.jpg|Noggarth Tea Gardens
Image:Thornley Holme (geograph 4020020).jpg|Thornley Holme, on the road to Barley
Image:Nelson ILP Clarion Tearooms - geograph.org.uk - 3089083.jpg|Clarion House, home of the Nelson Independent Labour Party Land Society
Image:Pendleway Pointing to Pendlehill - geograph.org.uk - 1825797.jpg|The Pendle Way passes through the parish
Image:Pendle Way beside Blacko Water (geograph 3174280).jpg|Blacko Water in the east of the parish
See also
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References
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Notes
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.clarionhouse.org.uk/about About Clarion House]
- [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp519-520 British History Online – Roughlee Booth]
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{{Borough of Pendle geography}}