Shawforth

Human settlement in England

Shawforth

Market Street

Shawforth

Location within Rossendale

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Shawforth

Location within Lancashire

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Population| 3,586 (2011. Ward of Facit and Shawforth)
OS grid reference| SD892207
• London| 173 mi (278 km) SSE
Civil parish|

* Whitworth

District|

* Rossendale

Shire county|

* Lancashire

Region|

* North West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| ROCHDALE
Postcode district| OL12
Dialling code| 01706
Police| Lancashire
Fire| Lancashire
Ambulance| North West
UK Parliament|

* Rossendale and Darwen

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England
Lancashire

53°40′59″N 2°09′58″W﻿ / ﻿53.683°N 2.166°W﻿ / 53.683; -2.166Coordinates: 53°40′59″N 2°09′58″W﻿ / ﻿53.683°N 2.166°W﻿ / 53.683; -2.166

Shawforth (/ˈʃɔːfɜːrθ/ SHAW-fəth) is a ward in the township of Whitworth within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. It lies amongst the South Pennines along the course of the River Spodden and A671 road.

Shawforth in the Middle Ages was a hamlet within the township of Spotland and parish of Rochdale.[1]

Shawforth railway station served Shawforth from 1881 until its closure in 1947.

It is part of the Rossendale and Darwen constituency, with Jake Berry having been the Member of Parliament since 2010.

## References[edit]

Notes

1. ^ Clarke 1830, p. 156.

Bibliography

* Clarke, Stephen Reynolds (1830). The New Lancashire Gazetteer: Or, Topographical Dictionary, Containing an Accurate Description of the Several Hundreds, Boroughs, Market Towns, Parishes, Townships, and Hamlets, in the County Palatine of Lancaster. H. Teesdale and Co.

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Geography of the Borough of Rossendale

Towns|

* Bacup
* Haslingden
* Rawtenstall

Villages|

* Broadclough
* Crawshawbooth
* Edenfield
* Helmshore
* Lumb
* Newchurch
* Stacksteads
* Waterfoot
* Whitworth

Hamlets|

* Balladen
* Bent Gate
* Britannia
* Chatterton
* Cloughfold
* Cowpe
* Goodshaw
* Irwell Vale
* Loveclough
* Sharneyford
* Shawforth
* Strongstry
* Stubbins
* Turn Village
* Water
* Weir

Parishes|

* Whitworth

Topography|

| Hills|

* Brown Wardle Hill
* Hameldon Hill
* Hail Storm Hill
* Musbury Tor

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Waterways|

* River Irwell
* Limy Water
* River Ogden
* Whitewell Brook

Reservoirs|

* Calf Hey Reservoir

Valleys|

* Alden Valley
* Haslingden Grane
* Irwell Valley
* Musbury Valley
* Rossendale Valley

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