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Roddlesworth
Location within Lancashire
OS grid reference SD653215
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHORLEY
Postcode district PR6
Dialling code 01254
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53°41′20″N2°31′30″W / 53.689°N 2.525°W / 53.689; -2.525

Roddlesworth is a hamlet in the parish of Withnell in Lancashire, England. It lies on the road connecting Preston with Bolton.

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The name is first encountered as Rodtholfeswrtha (1160), meaning "the homestead of Hrothwulf". [1]

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Notes

  1. Ekwall, E. (1922) The Place-names of Lancashire. Longmans, Green & Company, page 132.

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