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Post town CHORLEY
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53°41′20″N2°31′30″W / 53.689°N 2.525°W / 53.689; -2.525 Coordinates: 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.

Hamlet (place) small settlement in a rural area

A hamlet is a small human settlement. In different jurisdictions and geographies, hamlets may be the size of a town, village or parish, be considered a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet have roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French hamlet came to apply to small human settlements. In British geography, a hamlet is considered smaller than a village and distinctly without a church.

Civil parish territorial designation and lowest tier of local government in England, UK

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government, they are a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of ecclesiastical parishes which historically played a role in both civil and ecclesiastical administration; civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. The unit was devised and rolled out across England in the 1860s.

Withnell village in the United Kingdom

Withnell is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. According to the census of 2001, it had a population of 3,631, reducing to 3,498 at the census of 2011. Withnell is about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Chorley itself and about 5 miles (8 km) from Blackburn.

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

See also

River Roddlesworth river in Lancashire, United Kingdom

The River Roddlesworth is a river in Lancashire, England, a tributary of the River Darwen.

River Darwen river in Lancashire, United Kingdom

The River Darwen is a river running through the towns of Darwen and Blackburn in Lancashire which eventually joins the River Ribble at Walton le Dale. Here the river runs to the south of Preston on its way to the Ribble Estuary on the west coast of northern England.

Abbey Village Reservoir lake in the United Kingdom

The reservoir north of Abbey Village on the River Roddlesworth - name unknown - is the latest addition to the reservoirs around this small Lancashire village, designed to increase water storage capacity in wet years.

Notes

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

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