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508:Sabden Brook
500:River Calder
493:
484:
477:
466:
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412:
167:Civil parish
60:River Calder
26:
1726:Stydd Brook
1704:tributaries
1633:Pendle Hill
1431:Osbaldeston
1291:Balderstone
1165:Osbaldeston
1125:Hurst Green
1045:Balderstone
877:24 February
705:24 February
585:The nearby
469:Old English
459:was 1,419.
457:2011 census
399: /
1745:Categories
1721:Stock Beck
1638:White Hill
1587:Ribble Way
1566:Stonyhurst
1535:Topography
1501:Waddington
1481:Simonstone
1456:Ribchester
1446:Ramsgreave
1391:Hothersall
1381:Grindleton
1235:Waddington
1210:Simonstone
1185:Ribchester
1115:Grindleton
1060:Billington
637:References
603:Simonstone
580:Accrington
535:Simonstone
490:Governance
437:Lancashire
384:53°48′18″N
373:Lancashire
326:North West
314:Lancashire
302:Lancashire
227:North West
209:Lancashire
142:Population
128:Lancashire
1652:Waterways
1580:Footpaths
1516:Wilpshire
1486:Slaidburn
1471:Salesbury
1461:Rimington
1441:Pendleton
1436:Paythorne
1421:Newsholme
1401:Longridge
1361:Easington
1341:Clitheroe
1255:Wilpshire
1250:Whitewell
1215:Slaidburn
1200:Salesbury
1190:Rimington
1175:Pendleton
1170:Paythorne
1155:Newsholme
1027:Longridge
1022:Clitheroe
948:cite book
860:UK Census
766:31 August
688:UK Census
674:Citations
660:Pendleton
597:over the
565:Lancaster
552:Landmarks
453:Clitheroe
387:2°21′18″W
321:Ambulance
261:Post town
58:over the
1699:R Ribble
1684:R Hodder
1679:R Dunsop
1674:R Calder
1346:Dinckley
1331:Chipping
1326:Chatburn
1279:Parishes
1135:Low Moor
1090:Dinckley
1080:Chipping
1075:Chatburn
1036:Villages
899:26 March
862:(2011).
844:26 March
818:26 March
792:26 March
690:(2011).
609:See also
601:between
496:township
473:roe deer
445:Whalley.
183:District
158:SD765345
1628:Parlick
1526:Worston
1521:Wiswell
1511:Whalley
1496:Twiston
1406:Mearley
1366:Gisburn
1351:Downham
1265:Worston
1260:Wiswell
1245:Whalley
1230:Twiston
1225:Tosside
1105:Gisburn
1095:Downham
744:. 1848.
656:Wiswell
512:Whalley
480:Whalley
463:History
441:Burnley
368:England
265:BURNLEY
243:England
237:Country
1689:R Loud
1476:Sawley
1466:Sabden
1426:Newton
1416:Middop
1411:Mellor
1386:Horton
1356:Dutton
1205:Sawley
1195:Sabden
1160:Newton
1150:Middop
1145:Mellor
1130:Langho
1120:Horton
1050:Barrow
936:
524:Sabden
504:Altham
297:Police
219:Region
1601:Hills
1220:Stydd
1015:Towns
868:Nomis
786:MARIO
696:Nomis
642:Notes
510:with
287:01282
1451:Read
1270:York
1180:Read
954:link
934:ISBN
901:2016
879:2018
846:2016
820:2016
794:2016
768:2015
707:2018
658:and
542:ward
506:and
449:A671
414:Read
309:Fire
276:BB12
174:Read
120:Read
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